God took us out of the kingdom of darkness and placed us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love (Colossians 1:13).
It is a kingdom of love. God never stopped loving Jesus. All that Jesus said and did was an expression of who the Father is (Hebrews 1:1-3) and his love for us. He spared nothing in his quest to rescue us from Satan's power (Romans 8:31-32).
He has set us free from the internal affects of darkness and filled us with compassion, forgiveness, inner strength, wisdom, insight, prudence, love, faithfulness, joy, peace, ability to withstand suffering, gentleness, goodness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22).
This is how we can have "patience in suffering with joy" (Colossians 1:11).
