This was something my father always said to us when we were growing up and still to this day will say it to his grandchildren. Corny, but cute.
What is Valentine’s Day? – Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.
From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, and then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain. The women believed this would make them fertile.
God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love. (MSG)
We all have someone we love very much; some of us have grandchildren in which there are no words that can describe the love that we have for them. I can only imagine that this love is the same that God has for us. I would do anything for my grandchildren; even put my life on the line for them.
God gives us perfect love all the time. He loves us so much, that He sent His only son to die on the cross for our sins.
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. (ESV)
Our understanding of the love we see in the world has clouded our understanding on the love of God. Much of our love comes with strings attached. Human love loves and expects something in return- God loves and expects nothing in return. Real love is always sacrificial.
Have you really experienced God’s love? When you do experience God’s love you will have a new found love for others. God’s love is so great that if you live close to Him, you will find yourself becoming more like Him, valuing what He values, acting like He acts. When you get close to God, you will find yourself becoming more loving, and that’s the key to all relationships. Getting close to God doesn’t depend on God it depends on you. We have too many other things to do.
Do you know the Perfect Valentine this year, Jesus Christ? Jesus doesn’t give us gifts that will wilt or be devoured in a few days; He gives us everlasting life!
John 3:16-18 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. (MSG)
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