The other day, one of our six-year-old grandsons was so excited to show me his paper lunchbag sack of valentines -- not ones that he had received, but those that were ready to hand out to his first-grade classmates. He had been working hard, not just signing his name on each one, but addressing and personalizing each one by name.
And today, as he distributes each one at the class party, not forgetting or bypassing anyone in his class, he will have a smile on his face and joy in his heart. That is just the kind of kid he is.
I don't think he cares --or maybe even expects-- getting valentines from anyone else. His delight is in the giving.
I treasure his generous heart. I cherish his reminder about loving others.
God did not invent Valentine's Day. But He created love. And showed us what love looks like through the life of Jesus.
We love because
He first loved us.
1 John 4. 19
And that love for one another extends far beyond a holiday in February.
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4. 11
What does that look like livestreamed today? In all that we do and all we pursue. Personalized for others.
Just because we can.
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