Our horizontal relationships are directly related to our vertical relationship with God. If don’t understand who we are and what we have in Christ, we can fall into relationship-sabotaging behavior and make the same mistakes over and over. Many of us walk around believing that God loves us, but have a hard time grasping that God likes us, too. Ephesians 1:6 tells us that God chose us to be his adopted children because it pleased him—because he wanted to—not because he knew we would walk an aisle and say a prayer one day. When God looks at you, it is through eyes of deep, personal affection. He loves you, yes, but he really likes you, too.