What A Sweetheart!

Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Another Valentines Day is here, and we are being flooded with commercials telling us the best things to buy to tell our sweethearts that we love them.  Is it just me, or are most of the ads aimed at men?  I have found at least on the sports radio programs the ads are surely for men.  The spots are similar in that they all remind us guys not to forget, and there is only one more day to get something.  I heard one ad saying that if you order by noon today they promise she will get the gift on time, therefore you can trick her into believing you actually put a great deal of thought into the gift.  The gifts you can purchase to show how much you love your sweetheart are pretty familiar, flowers, chocolate, stuffed bears, chocolate, heart jewelery, chocolate, a fancy framed picture of the two of you, or chocolate.  There are some who really hate on Valentines Day, they boycott it and mock it.  I'm not one to hate on the day, but I think we can all agree that true love is not about just one day or one gift or chocolate.

Whatever you think of Valentines Day, I would encourage you this year to set your heart to consider the truest of all love, the love of God for us.  We are so blessed that God loves us and has shown us His love, not by sending flowers or stuffed bears, but by sending His Son to die for us.  What great joy there is in having the God of the universe as our sweetheart.  May His love for you bring you strength and hope today.