VALENTINE'S DAY

On Valentine's Day, we celebrate "LOVE". Valentine's Day is a day that we have set aside to show expressions of love to our lovers and our loved ones by sending or giving candy, flowers, and gifts. Are your being loved today?

What is love? Have you ever tried to define it? Can you find words to express it? Often we think of love as the feelings that we get in our stomachs when we get a call from our mate, or the happy feelings that we get when we think of someone. Some express love as an emotion. Does love last forever? Can we be in love and out of love with the same person?

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 gives us insight about what true love is. It says, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

God not only gave us words to describe love, He gave us an example of what love looks like. While you and I were not thinking about God, or how we lived our lives, He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for our sins. We did nothing to deserve God’s love; it was a gift from Him to us. That is what 1 Corinthians 13 describes. We often call it “unconditional love.” Unfortunately, we do not experience this kind of love often. We generally give and receive conditional love; the kind of love that says, “If you do this and that, I will love you, but if you do this and that I won’t love you.”

You see, God has given us the ability to identify true love when we see it and when we are doing it. Words mean nothing, if the actions behind them are contrary to what we say. You may have heard the saying, “I want to listen to what you are saying, but your actions are speaking much louder than your words.” Actions have a way of displaying what’s in our hearts. I ask again, "Are you being loved today?"

“HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY” to those who dare to love!