What's Love Got To Do With It?
Love is in the air. Tomorrow is Valentines Day boys...don't forget. Jennifer and I have never really celebrated holidays, for that I am grateful. I am sure that she would like me to be a bit more romantic but we decided early in our marriage that we would just get things that we wanted along the way so that holidays wouldn't be so pressure packed. Did we agree to this Jennifer? I sure hope so.
This thing called love can be confusing. What is true love? How do we experience true unconditional love? I can assure you that I love my wife deeply but many times in our marriage I have placed conditions on it. I know it's wrong but at least I'm honest. That's what makes Valentines Day so difficult.
A dozen roses doesn't really say I love you. A pajamagram might be unusually romantic but it really doesn't say I love you. I nice meal under candlelight sounds appealing but it really doesn't say I love you. Why? Because these are conditional outlets...ways of expressing love probably in hopes of getting something in return.
True Love is best expressed not in what we give or get but in what God gave us in His Son. 1 John 3:16 says, "By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." I am resigned to believing that a lot of people will celebrate Valentines Day tomorrow and will miss the essence of true love.
God gave His Son. That's it!
Happy Valentines Day,
Pastor Shannon
This thing called love can be confusing. What is true love? How do we experience true unconditional love? I can assure you that I love my wife deeply but many times in our marriage I have placed conditions on it. I know it's wrong but at least I'm honest. That's what makes Valentines Day so difficult.
A dozen roses doesn't really say I love you. A pajamagram might be unusually romantic but it really doesn't say I love you. I nice meal under candlelight sounds appealing but it really doesn't say I love you. Why? Because these are conditional outlets...ways of expressing love probably in hopes of getting something in return.
True Love is best expressed not in what we give or get but in what God gave us in His Son. 1 John 3:16 says, "By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." I am resigned to believing that a lot of people will celebrate Valentines Day tomorrow and will miss the essence of true love.
God gave His Son. That's it!
Happy Valentines Day,
Pastor Shannon
posted by Pastor Shannon | 1:38 PM
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