I'm going to talk about two things: S.ingle. A.waraness. D.ay and Valentine's Day
starting with SAD:
I know for some of you, it's hard because you broke up with somebody, and you remember the times where you got your boy/girlfriend something for v-day. Or you could be the one who never had a boy/girlfriend and feel sad and aware about it. I've been to both (first one kind of sort of) I had a boyfriend in June 2010, and I couldn't wait for my first official v-day but it didn't even last to July. I have been single ever since, but today is not going to bother me.
Though the bible doesn't have stuff about dating, it has some awesome verses, for instances:
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you"-John 15:12
God's love lasts more than one and so should ours for each other.
1st John 4(great about love) has something that opened my eyes:
"Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister" 1st John 4: 20-21. If we are jealous of people celebrating v-day it's almost as if saying "we don't like. " I could be sad because my sis is engaged and she has celebrated v-day for about 2-3 years but yet I rejoice with her.
don't become ocd either! according to this anyway;
".....for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame...." Song of Solomon 6b.
Basically, being jealous is not going to rush love.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1st Corinthians 13: 4-7
Even though it's about the love of God, think back to John 15:12.
and you also cannot rush love:
".....I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires"-mentioned several times in Song of Solomon
Anyway, if you need to talk to me about it let me know!
For you celebrating v-day, it's a great holiday. I hope my boyfriend gets dark chocolate, flowers, or just do something together. I think about how people are so sad about SAD/ weeping and gnashing of teeth day/loath pity me day, but as I have seen, many couples take it for granted. If as if though saying "I did it once, now I don't have to do it again" or "oh, I need to buy something, or it's the end of the world"
"....If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned" Song of Solomon 8: 7b
Hopefully that's not the case for all couples. I know it isn't for my parents. My dad got a heart necklace from Kay's, took her to see the king's speech, and went to a fancy Italian restaurant, while my mom got my dad a dunkin donuts gift card. I know that gift seems small but my dad truly was happy my mom got it for him. They will be married for 24 years next month, and still being together for 25 years, they still get each other stuff.
I hope that's the case for my future husband and me. Even after 25 years together, we still act like it's our first V-day
But as Song of Solomon says:
" Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away...." 8:7a
I hope for this v-day you are not sadden but hopeful if you don't have somebody and if you do, cherish them, don't forget them. On a side kind of sort of random note, in a couple of days a man from my church died four years ago. His widow told me "when you find him, never let him go" whoever he is, I hope we can remember each other not only on v-day but many other days! But I'm not going to be sad because I don't have a boyfriend, but be joyful because God knows what He's doing and Paul says this about anything:
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances" Philippians 4: 11
I will pray for you all to have a blessed day today!
<3 love, Faith.
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