EXOD65 Love of God is rooted in the belief that God is a personal God (not an impersonal force in the universe) and that, like a parent, He knows and cares for each of us. Thus the Book of Exodus records God's reaction to the Jewish sufferings in Egypt [this verse]. It is the sense that God knows us, the perception that we each have a personal and unique connection to God* that is an important source of human love for God. * Epitomized in the Jewish joke about the prayer of a struggling businessman: "O God, you help complete strangers, so why don't you help me!"