God is LITERALLY Love itself.

Love is the first cause of the creation of the universe, that is to say, the need to love and be loved results in it itself existing as existence (the universe). 'God is Love' can be taken quite literally. Love is the primary motivation. Verily all this is Love. The need to love and be loved is self-existent, i.e., the need to love and be loved IS existence itself.
~ Wald