God's desire from the very beginning was to share his love. Eternally
there existed love between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
God's desire was to have children - a family with sons and daughters
made in His image, who could intimately relate with God in a way that
would be satisfying to Him. Children who would be like him, who would
love Him from the heart because they wanted to
is what the Father God
wants. This was God's purpose in creation - to have a family to whom he
could express His love and from whom receive love (Eph. 3:14,15; Eph.
1:2-5).