A Valentine for Everyday

As the sun starts to rise
and the day begins,
thousands,
maybe millions,
of flowers are being shipped
and bellies are becoming full of chocolate.
It is a day celebrated,
known as Valentine’s Day,
where we show extra love
to those special significant others in our lives.
Where women feel valued and appreciated
when they are showered with gifts
and nice gestures from their favorite man.
Where men are more thoughtful,
more considerate,
and more romantic,
just for this special occasion.

But I know and am convinced that there is something
even greater
than the acts and feelings that appear
on “this day”,
and I want to share it with you…..
A greater feeling of appreciate that doesn’t disappear
  after the red and pink decorations pass.
A special feeling of being loved and desired
that is never ending or never dimming.
The special love from our Savior Jesus Christ.

Now, before you think that this
is too cliché, hear me out for a moment.

Just think about it.
Jesus Christ is like our ultimate lover.
He loved us so much that He died for us.
Simply, He died for us.
He was willing to give up His whole life and
go through torture and humiliation
in order to show us His deep, agape love for
His brethren, God’s children.
He made a way for us to enter into the narrow gate
of the Heavenly places to spend
eternity in His presences
where there will be
no tears or pain.
He provided a way
to a more fulfilled life,
a purpose, a greater calling.
He showered us with His love
and bore all of our illnesses and diseases.
He comforts us when we are in need of a comforter.
He is our Provider when we are in need of being provided for.
He is our Lord and King, our beloved Savior whom we can
rely on every day.

Oh how the list can go on, an
endless list of great things about Jesus.
And He is here for all people,
for He shows no favoritism.
He loves everyone
and is here to offer His hand of love
to all who accept, to all.

Now, if you do not have a special person
to spend Valentine’s Day with today,
you can still rejoice and be glad
for Jesus is our lover all the days,
not only on February 14^th.
At all times we can turn to Him
and get our filling of love,
appreciation,
and adoration,
for He loves us so much.
We can look up to Him and say,
“thank you, thank you for loving me.”

That we can spend our time just being filled with Him,
and not feeling emptied
or alone
if we have no “date”
or special plans with any particular person.

I don’t know about you, but I feel
SO loved this day,
and will the rest of my days living.
For I know that Jesus loves me
and I am so content and happy in that.
I hope that everyone
and anyone
who reads this can too receive
and understand
that love.
The love from Christ,
for it is greater than any other
love that a human can show.

John 3:16  “For God so  loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should  not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8 but God shows  his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for  us.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God,  being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when  we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—

1 John 4:9-11 In this the  love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the  world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have  loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our  sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.