Valentine’s Day with God
Valentines Day! What does it resemble that makes your heart pound in excitement? If your answer is chocolates then you have to change your perspective in Valentines Day. It is LOVE! That is why many would be thinking about hearts, flowers, chocolates, and cards because they signify love as well. There are also many ways in celebrating this special day like spending time with that special someone, making cards for your loved ones and other gestures to show people that you love them. But in addition to the traditional celebration of love on this day, how about using Valentine's Day as a reminder of God's unfailing ultimate love for us, what He did just for us to get a shot to go to heaven, and the sacrifice that He gave just to show His love for us.
God is the best representation when it comes to love because everything that He has done in our lives, whether it is pleasing in our eyes or not, it is all for His extraordinary love for us. One of the most convicting acts of love that God has demonstrated to us is sacrificing His son for the sins of the world. God loved the world so much that He gave everything for it, from His son’s rights and privileges as the unique eternal Son of God, to the very life of His son! You can always see God’s love just by looking on the cross. “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:9-10) Another is His relentless patience to us. We don’t deserve God’s love. Everyday we commit mistakes, mistakes that represent us neglecting Him and pushing ourselves from Him. But at the end of the day, he always forgives and put us back in His loving arms. No matter how big we screw up, if we just fall on our knees and acknowledge God's only provision for our sins, He will forgive simply because He loves us so much.
In this coming Valentine’s Day, let us be reminded and be grateful that we have a God whose love is unmatched. We can still think of the little things like chocolates but let us not forget the best gift that was given to us, and that is God’s unconditional love.
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