Where does love come from?

Every attribute that our children have comes from somewhere. My two little girls are extremely competitive. They race to get done eating sometimes, they race on their bikes, their scooters, running, whatever there is going on you can bet it will become some type of competition. P.J. even gets majorly fired up playing a simple game of Uno. She doesn't seem to mind when I beat her, or Tara but if Alexa beats her she is intense. We have even had to sit her down and talk to her about throwing things after she loses(remember she's 5).
Unfortunately I have to take the blame for most of that, I seldom threw anything but I never have liked losing. From baseball, to church softball, to racing, to a pick up basketball game I hate to lose. I have passed that on, they got that from me both genetically and from watching me in competition.
Well, as human beings where does love come from?
1 John 4:7-9 "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how GOd showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into teh world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, btu that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
We talked about the basics yesterday of faith, hope and love. We also mentioned that Paul said that love was the greatest of them. Now, we see that we have recieved the attribute of love from our Heavenly Father. Just like our kids pick up things from us, we got love from God. He first loved us, and He loved us first because He loved us from the beginning of creation. He loved us and had a plan for His Son to die on a cross before Adam and Eve were even in existence. That is so cool, to know that God loved us that long ago.
So remember, love comes from God so love like He would.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!