Valentine's Day?



Valentine’s Day?

February 12, 2014

I should buy her a 4-foot teddy bear.  At least, that’s what the commercials say.  The commercial brought up some good points too; flowers die, candy makes her fat, and if you buy her candy then follows that awful question, “Do I look fat?”  Bad idea.  Of course there is that commercial which promotes cheap flowers shipped directly to your door, and in time for Valentine’s Day!  But then another commercial promotes chocolate diamonds.  She likes chocolate AND she likes diamond!  Surely that’s a winner.  Plus, chocolate diamonds don’t make you fat.  I’m confused.  What’s a poor boy to do?


1 Corinthians 13:4-8a(TMSG)
     4Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, 5Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, 6Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, 7Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.
     8Love never dies.

Love is a strong theme throughout the New Testament…the Old Testament as well.  Jesus taught the two greatest commandments were to love God and love your neighbor.  It is interesting to note that He quoted two Old Testament passages to answer this New Testament issue.  It is also interesting that He gave us a “new commandment” to love one another on the night He was betrayed.  The New Testament authors returned to this theme over and over again.  Paul, in his letter to the church at Ephesus, commands men to love their wives as Christ loves the church.  That’s a pretty tall order.  But given the history of humans and what we call love maybe we need to spend the rest of our lives studying what Christ meant when He said love.  The thirteenth chapter of Corinthians is a good start.

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”

--Charles M. Schulz

Of course, we did go to the Amish store and buy a clock yesterday.  They have very nice clocks which play hymns.  Jesus is very correct, but Charles Schulz might have had a point.

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