Love for sale! It’s amazing when you take a look at the facts about
sales of some particular items at valentine. The volume of sales of
these items have been known to hit record high synonymous with valentine
season i.e. between 12 – 14 February
every calendar year. It must indeed be, love for sale, or what do you
think? How beautiful love is if shown and shared rightly. Did God (love
personified 1 Jh. 4:8), make a commerce or merchandize of Jesus when he
sent him, out of love to us (Jh. 3:16)? How much chocolate, roses or
dinners would you have paid to God to buy his love? A lot goes into the
celebration of love on Valentine’s Day beloved (recall the origin in our
opening). If we are the light of the world, then we must (like the
original valentines), be torch bearers, direction-givers to the world on
how to celebrate love. The bible says we should not be conformed to the
practices of this world; we should come out from amongst them and be
different, separate and unique.
Love in itself is such a deep and
wide issue that does not bother only on relationships but we talk about
love for our nation for instance, for humanity, which propels us to do
the extraordinary in order to make a difference, like bishop valentine
who defied the king’s unrighteous decree against young marriageable men.
This valentine, we encourage you take a deeps, look into the meaning of
love in all it’s ramification and truly make an Endeavour to love not
just in worlds but in deeds, not just on February 14th , but for the 365
calendar days. Keep this atmosphere alive in your life in every way.
The love we know to share or show, whether with our spouse (or
spouse-to-be), neighbor, family members, friends, has no commercial
undertone to it. This love is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional,
unlimited (i.e. not limited to February 14), boundless (i.e. not only to
a lover, spouse or known person).
We would make a difference to the
world every February 14th if we spread and share love to the destitute
the poor, hungry, widowed, hospitalized, incarcerated, orphans, disable,
aged, etc. February 14th can just be a day we die to self for others.
We may choose instead (on personal levels) a day, season or times when
we show love to our spouses without any form of merchandizing. This is
one way we can choose not to conform to the patterns of this world. God
truly wants us to live as light in the world (Isa. 60:2-3).
VAL JOKE:
I will die 4 you in the spirit of valentine, a Nigeria man expressing
love to his wife: “I love you; you are my heart beat, soul & body.
What will I have been without you? In fact, I will die for you” the wife
responded: “God forbid! You will not die o! Who will take care of the
kids?” somewhere in US, another man was also appreciating his wife on
vals day, using the same words, “I love…….. I will die for you”. His
American wife’s response was, “How soon? Because properties will change
hands”
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Did You Know That…..? For there is nothing…….. Hid, that shall not be know (Mt. 10:26)
Approximately one billion valentine cards are exchange each year…. The
largest seasonal card-selling occasion of the year next to Christmas.
Are you a part of this one billion?
Engrave in your heart….. Write them upon the table of thine heart (prov.3:3)
Love is not blind – it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
When I think about Valentine's Day, a day when people give special love
gifts to one another, I think most of all about God's great gift to us
in the form of His son, Jesus. Then I think of how all the love that we
feel for others on Valentine’s Day and every day of the year is possible
because of His love. There’s no time for Him that isn’t a time to give.
I want to follow His example as much as I can.
I found a poem that
was very meaningful to me and expresses some of the gifts we receive
from our great Valentine every day of the year. When our love cups are
overflowing with His gifts, it makes us want to share that love with
others so they can experience it too.
Here’s the poem:
He doesn’t bring me roses,
For He is my Rose of Sharon.
Nor does He leave flowers at my door,
For He grows them in my garden.
He doesn’t kiss my lips,
For He caresses my entire being with the touch of warm sunshine and softly falling rain.
He doesn’t give me sparkling diamonds to wear,
For He set the sparkling stars in the night sky and made them mine.
He doesn’t whisper in my ear,
For His still, small voice fills my spirit and is ever with me.
He isn’t a Valentine who has pledged lifelong love,
For He is eternal love.
He isn’t limited to only sending gifts or making sweet promises,
For He Himself is the ultimate gift and fulfillment of promise.
He won’t fill my life by standing at the wedding altar with me.
For He placed Himself on the altar, that I may know life, that I may know Him,
That I may love Him forever.
Jesus I love you.
Gbengademujimi (PastorGee)
Life Coach/National Reformer