While the commercialization of Valentine’s Day is hard to avoid, it is a wonderful reminder of the love in our world. With all the incessant news of conflict, persecution, and tragedy – we need reminders that we are loved more than ever.
From the moment we’re born, the world feeds us a fantasy about love. Books, movies, music, and social media all tell us what love should look like, how it should feel, and how to find it. The problem is that when reality does not match the fantasy, we start to question whether love was ever real in the first place. Or - we can turn from the fantasy and find a deeper, more authentic love.
God is the author, designer, and model of authentic love. True love is far more than just an emotion – love is living as Jesus taught. True love endures through all and supports us even in the darkest times. “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God” (Romans 8:38-39)
Rev. Paul Whynacht
