Why Save Us?

"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
-Luke 19:10
      Earlier today my friend wanted to talk to me to tell me a story. The story was very short, but it made me think about something. My friend was hanging around campus, when a stranger came up to her to talk to her. The stranger asked my friend what she though about God, but my friend is an atheist. After figuring this out, the stranger told her that she should follow God. The interesting part of story is what the stranger said as the reason my friend should meet God. The stranger said that she should follow God because He is lonely.
      I found the story quite funny at first, but then I thought about what the stranger said to my friend; God is lonely. While to some this might make sense, seeing as there are less and less people committing to Christianity, I don't believe it is true. The whole idea of God contradicts the theory that He is lonely. God is self-sufficient and doesn't need anybody. Why would God need people if He created them, and if God could create anything He wanted to satisfy Himself? Also, God has angels that worship Him in heaven. God doesn't need anything to satisfy Himself because He is His own satisfaction.
      So why do I care so much that God is not lonely? The answer is I don't. What I do care about is the question of why God would make us. Why would a self-sufficient being create people that disown Him and refuse to acknowledge Him? God doesn't need us for anything, and He isn't lonely. So why make us? If people never existed, I don't think God would be any worse off. Think about this; God could have created an endless amount of different worlds. Just think about the massive amounts of creatures that exist on Earth; God created all of that. Why make people if God could theoretically could have made something better?
      Furthermore, why save us? We turned against God and His commands and His will. We sinned against God and we willing did so, as I mentioned in my post on responsibility. So why did God send Jesus to come and save us, especially since it caused Jesus such great pain? Who would do that? Who would suffer and die for people that mock and disown them? I only know that Jesus did do that, and He did it for us. Jesus died to save the very same people that killed Him. Why?
      I remember thinking about this question a while back, and today I was reminded of these questions I had. To be honest, I don't know why God would create us and save us. Here's one thing to keep in mind though- God knew we would betray Him. God knew that we would go against Him and abandon Him. He knew that if He created us He would have to save us. God knew that we would need Him, and that Jesus would have to suffer and die to save us. He knew all along. However, this knowledge did not deter Him from creating us. I don't know why He still chose to create us, but I do know that He loves us. He loves us enough that He sent His only son to die for us.
-Smart