Think about it, Valentine’s Day hype may be one of the cruelest things our culture does. Perhaps you’ve failed in love, separated or divorced. Perhaps you’re alone with no prospects. Perhaps you’ve been widowed or lost a child. All the hype about Valentine’s Day leaves you feeling like you’re standing on the cold, heartless outside. Inside are chocolates and roses and kisses and warmth, but outside it’s cruel…and that’s where many of us are.
“When Bob met Alicia, he…was so infatuated with her that he thought his life’s journey for happiness was over. He was wrong. ‘Alicia and I were very much in love,’ Bob confirmed. ‘Yet the more we talked, the more we realized that we were still missing something in our lives.’” They happened to hear a sermon that spoke straight to their hearts. It proved to be the beginning of their coming in, not simply coming into that church but coming into a warm, satisfying experience of love. (Thom S. Rainer, “Surprising Insights,” 209-210).
If Valentine’s hype has Cupid’s arrow carving a painful, empty spot in your heart, here’s a prayer that someone will care enough to send you the very best…and that you’ll take to heart winsome words about God’s warm love for you.
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