Oh, how I
remember the gamut of emotions that I would ride every year about a week before
this commercialized excuse to gush materialism in the form of flowers,
chocolates and teddy bears bearing messages of love...as I waited for Him to
bring me my Valentine. All the while trying to be happy for my many friends
when they got their flowers, or candy, and even happier when he put a ring on
their finger!
Thanks for
joining me for Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word with Trench
Classes United.
12 years
into my S0S (season of singleness) God did bring me my Valentine and to insure
that He would remain my first love, He did not bring me someone who buys into
the materialism of holidays. In fact, my husband is a real pessimist about this
holiday and Christmas, too, just because of the materialism they both subscribe
to.
See, whether
single or significantly involved with another, we all were created to be loved
and to love, and in that order because He first loved us we can love others.
[John 4:19] But what kind of love do we look for? Holidays like Valentine’s Day
send us looking for that romantic love but I have learned that romantic love is
not a sustaining love. Yes, I’ll admit we all need a little bit of romance, but
romance is one small ingredient in the recipe for lasting love.
ro·mance
“A feeling of
excitement and mystery associated with love”
Love is a
choice, not just a feeling; and we don’t need a holiday to follow through in
our choice to love. Sure, Valentine’s Day can be a celebration of love, but not
a reminder to love!
So whether
single or situated in love, when we look to Christ as our First Love, we will
never have to rely on a holiday for love.
Love,
Evinda
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