Valentine's Day is
coming up on the 14th. Little children will soon be making cards to give their
teachers and fellow students. Greeting card makers are doing brisk
business, as are candy stores, florists and jewellery shops. As with every
other celebration, religious and secular, Valentines' Day has become extremely
shallow and commercial. So, let's make this day truly significant by
focusing the spotlight on God, our true Valentine.
Think about it. Who
loves you more than God? He is with you through thick and thin. He was and will
always remain with you. Even when you don't love Him, His love for you
does not diminish. When you were not yet born; when you were just a fetus,
God arranged for your nourishment through the mother's body without your mother
being aware of what was going on. Later, He arranged for mother's milk so
that you would not starve to death. By the time you were old enough to
eat, He had already arranged for a variety of foodstuff for you. He has given
you the air that you breathe, water that you drink and the earth that produces
all the food you eat.
God is working for you
and me seven days a week. He cannot afford to take time off from gracing us. He
is sitting right inside of us, noting all our thoughts of each and every
moment. At times we get angry at Him for all the trouble in our lives, and
we wish He would not give us fruits of our actions. But God's love is
deeper than the ocean. He knows what is good for us, while we do not.
He is waiting with
outstretched arms to embrace us. We embrace the world but not Him, the maker of
the world. But He does not give up. Such is His love for you and me.
What will you give Him
on Valentine's Day?