Love never fails.
Summary: If Valentine’s Day is about being with someone who loves you, there is no one better to be mindful of than our Father in heaven.
As I sit pondering the meaning of “Valentine’s Day,” I find myself thinking about all the different ways it impacts people. The question of the day is, “Who is your Valentine?”
As I think back over the years of my life I see children giving Valentine’s cards to their parents, boys and girls giving cards to classmates, young people making a Valentine’s date with someone special, and married couples re-kindling romance in remembrance of those days.
The Valentines that are forgotten most are the ones for our Father in Heaven and his Son, Jesus Christ.
Who has loved us more than God? Who has sacrificed more for us than Jesus?
When we think of someone special who loves us more than anything, we can’t do any better than our Father in heaven. Since the beginning of time, when God created the heavens and the earth and set Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, our Father has loved us despite us turning our backs to him, rebelling against his will, and falling short, even when we try and do good.
Throughout the centuries since God made man, he has loved us, not because we deserve to be loved, but because we are his creation and his love never fails.
This year, tell Father that you want him to be your Valentine. It will make him smile!
Application: Make God a Valentine’s card.
Food for Thought: How would our lives be different if our love for others never failed?
I think we would look more like Christ.
Short and sweet, Rich!
Thank you, and Happy Valentine’s Day! 🙂
02-14-2024, How would our lives be different if our love for others never failed?
The answer to this can only be known to the degree we die to self and receive life through Christ, who is the source of unfailing love in every believer. Believers are being transformed from self-centered beings into Christ centered beings. Christ in us is lifting us out of the judgement seat, into a life of accepting all things as they have been predetermined by the foreknowledge of our sovereign God. As our concern for self becomes less important, others become more important and Christ’s love for others grows. It is a wonderful place to be as we begin to submit to the power of Christ in us, allowing Him to attend to the needs of others through us.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Thank you, Ron!
You remind us that we need to “die to self and receive life through Christ.” That is such a simple but important point.
How would our lives be different if our love for others never failed?
There would certainly be a lot more forgiveness in the world and less forgiveness needed. More whole families. Happier thanksgivings, bigger turkeys needed…. Jeff tripping on tryptophan.
Mmmmmm…
Tryptophan! 🙂