Matthew 3:17

Matthew 3:17 says: "And a voice from heaven said 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased'".

Matthew 3:17 comes before Matthew 4:12 when Jesus begins to preach.
Matthew 3:17 comes before Matthew 4:18 when Jesus calls the first disciples, Simon Peter, Andrew, James & John.
Matthew 3:17 comes before Matthew 4:23 when Jesus heals for the first time.

Matthew 3:17 comes before Jesus heals the man with leprosy, before he calms the storm, before he heals the demon-possessed men, before he heals the paralytic, the blind, and the mute.

Matthew 3:17 comes before Jesus walks on water, feeds the Four Thousand, before he heals the boy with a demon, before all of the parables.

Matthew 3:17 comes before Jesus dies on the cross for our sins.

Matthew 3:17 happens BEFORE all these things. Before Jesus performs the miracles, teaches, and dies in our place, God LOVES and is PLEASED with Jesus.

And the same goes for us. Before we were born, before we accepted Christ, before we ever shared the gospel with anybody, before any mission trip or service project, our Father LOVED us, and His love continues daily.  It is not contingent on what we do or how we try to please Him. His love is there for all, to accept and fill up on daily.