For God So Loved...Us

The Holy One calls to me this morning.  It's Valentine's Day and that means our minds are focused on the things we can buy to convey to our beloved how much we value them.  Candy, flowers, an engagement ring if you are among the lucky and have a romantic lover. 

It's amazing to me how we put a day on the calendar and it becomes a symbol of our heart. 

The Holy One captures my mind and reminds me that God put a day on the calendar of our history that is a symbol of His heart.  There was that day,  "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son"  John 3:16.  Over 2000 years ago God marked our calendar.  Over 2000 years ago, God came to live among us.   Over 2000 years ago, God so loved us that He laid down His life in our behalf.

What manner of love is this, that compelled the King of Glory to leave His place of honor, divest Himself of all Divine privilege and be forever changed just to win the hearts of His Beloved creation.

That kind of love is beyond our comprehension.  And even more unfathomable, that kind of love is eternal  Love, not for this day only, nor even this year, but eternal, always the same, never changing regardless of our reciprocation.  God's love is always on display.

We, in and of ourselves, are only capable of love because He first loved us. 

This is truly a wonderful day to live and laugh.  A day to celebrate and enjoy the heart feelings we have for those who are so special to us. 

Today, in that rejoicing of the heart, may we look to Heaven in unbridled praise and worship for the One who so loves us..... Our Creator, our Savior, our God.

I sit with my Beloved Companion today, the Lover of my soul and try to find  words that can convey my love for Him.  I soon find that there are none adequate.  Tears begin to  fall where words cannot be found.  Resting in the warmth of His love, somehow that seems to be enough.

The Spirit is calling.  Can you hear Him?