A Valentine for God
Remember how we celebrated St. Valentine’s Day in grade school by
passing out valentines to our classmates? In the fourth grade I was
crushed when the boy I liked best did not give me a valentine. But then
after school, he appeared at our house and handed me a valentine. It
wasn’t one of those penny ones that come in a collection, but a special
large 25¢ one! My nine-year-old heart was healed. He loved me after all!
Every February we focus on telling people “I love you.” Interestingly,
the first and greatest commandment is to love God with every atom of our
being and every ounce of strength. In prayer, we tell God we love him.
But words are not enough. Recently I came across the story of a boy
whose father told him “I love you” every day. But the father never
showed the boy love. The father’s words were empty. How sad. So, how can
we show God love? The same ways that we show people in our lives that
we love them. Here are six “valentines” we can give to God. Click to continue
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