Can you force someone to love you?
No. You cannot force someone to love you or anyone else. God knew He could not force love, which is why the word love is absent from the Ten Commandments. He created man so that after extending His love, man would love Him back.
Les explains that you cannot force someone to love you or anyone else. He notes that when God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on the tables of stone, the word 'love' was glaringly absent. Later, in Deuteronomy chapter 6, Moses tells Israel to love the Lord with all their heart, but God knew He could not force someone to love Him. From the very onset of the creation of man, God created man so that after He had extended His love to them, they would love Him back. That is the only reason we are here.