I've had TONS of thoughts swimming through my head today ... mostly thanks to Facebook. Gotta love what people find in their hearts to post (notice I didn't attribute it to their brains!). Let me share some of those thoughts:
1. How one feels about Valentines Day doesn't necessarily have anything to do with one's relationship status. I don't have a "valentine" ... but I enjoy loving and being loved and the trite and not so trite celebrations of the red hearted holiday. I had lunch with a girl who DOES have a "valentine" but hate the holiday (not the boy!!)
2. Telling people (without "Valentines) that Jesus is their Valentine ... hmmmm ... not helpful??
3. Dripping with sweetness and sarcasm, both are unnecessary!
4. If this is the ONLY time of year you do kind things for others, you are missing out
5. large stuffed animals given to adults are creepy
All of that to say ... I like occassions: birthdays, holidays, Saturdays??!! Any excuse to celebrate ... and generally any excuse to cook (although the gall bladder diet around my parts kinda curbed some of that fun!)
Today, though, I find myself thinking mostly about loving well. If it were only so easy as buying flowers from the tent on the Kroger parking lot once a year ... or signing your name to a card ... or a heart-shaped box of chocolates. It's not. To me the greatest gifts are not those bought on February 14th, they are the every day sacrifices, the thoughtful, kind words (that come out of the blue), the patient waiting, the generous spending of one's life on another. If we want to know more what that looks like ...
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. (Eph 5:1-2, Msg)
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