How would God teach humanity how to become like the Deity?

Parenthood. I find it the best way to have us become more like Him.

And why do parents love their children so much?

One day this year I was driving to see Ethan and I felt really at peace and loved by the Lord in a profound and complete way. My next thought was to wonder why exactly the Lord loved me so much. And I came up with two answers. 

One, He loves me because I am a part of Him, that there is a tiny bit in my make up that is divine and a part of Him. And two, He loves me because he sees my full potential, He sees me for who I really am, and knows how far and how high I can reach.

Realizing these two things has not justified or made me fully deserving of His love in such a complete and unconditional manner, it did, however, put it into perspective about understanding where it comes from.

For the same two reasons I believe parents love their children.

If God wanted He could have had us come into this world through some other way, but He chose to have us give birth and have our children be literally a part of us…and how would you not love that being when you understand whom they can become and how they may emulate your example.

Of course with this experience comes great responsibility and in helping our children most I think the first step is understanding who we are in this mortal existence and what we need to be doing with our lives in order to reach complete and perpetual happiness. And then passing that knowledge on, of both their divine identity and the pathway to the highest level of happiness is probably the greatest gift we can offer our children.

And of course these are all conclusions reached without having had yet that extraordinary experience of becoming a parent.

How Freedom Equals Love

Throughout my life I've always been fascinated and have sought eternal truths.

Working in politics has exposed me to many different ideas on a regular basis. But they are secular and not self-standing, they are easily disputed and people take various stands.
In contrast, eternal truths are self-standing and eventually adopted by everyone.

One of the latest such principles I have focused on, is that of Freedom.
It was triggered by this Veterans event I have attended for work. The event was started with the national anthem and pledge of allegiance, with a prayer and patriotic messages. Not having been raised with any of this, I got emotional and started pondering on the concept of freedom.

I realized that Freedom=Love. And I identified three different areas that this principle applies: 1. God’s gift of freedom to each living individual, 2. National freedom in a secular, political way and 3. Parents enabling their children to live life to its highest level by giving them freedom.

On the grandest level, God's love for us, I believe is best signified by the freedom he's giving us. Before we were even born we were given the opportunity to choose whether to come on this earth or not. Then he's put our first parents in such an environment where they could choose for themselves.
Many atheists I've talked to claim that their disbelief in a Heavenly Father stems from the fact that a loving God would never allow all the atrocities here on earth to take place. Ironically, I believe it is because of Him not interfering with humans’ decisions that we can feel His love most. By allowing us to choose for ourselves and allowing us to become who we choose to become is the only way for us to reach our full potential, and this is so important to Him that in spite of many people’s suffering He’s showing his love by not interfering.

Next aspect of freedom has to do with national freedoms: that of freedom of speech, of expressing oneself, of worshipping as each wishes...etc. When considering a country to live in where my family and I would have best chances to flourish and be happy, I wouldn't look into its GDP, or level of poverty, etc. But I believe those very freedoms mentioned above make all the difference in the world. That's truly what empowers the individuals and allows them to become who they need to become. Of course in the process of it there will be increased crimes, there will be plenty of individuals who will choose wrong over good, but that is the price we pay for allowing these freedoms.

The third type of freedom which translates into love is that of parents rearing their children. From observation and own interaction with kids of different ages I came to realize that allowing each one of them to develop and make conscientious choices for themselves, again giving them freedom, translates into love. This very act of loving own child so much that the parent is willing to allow them to make mistakes even, I find it as the highest act of love the parent could manifest. This aspect of freedom is probably also the hardest one to apply. At what point does the parent start fulfilling their responsibilities to protect and provide a solid foundation for their children, and when do they step aside and allow them to choose for themselves and even make their own mistakes?