Valentine Memories

Valentine Memories

 

One day when my granddaughter, Kylii

was young she came to me before school

to show me her Valentine’s Box.

I am sure you remember

making those boxes for school.

Kylii and her Aunt Sarah worked together

on this box, shaped like a boat.

Using an old Gold Fish Cracker container,

they transformed it into a love boat.

As I looked in the hole on the top of the boat,

I asked Kylii if it is going to be big enough.

She said, Yes, but in my heart I could not

stand the thought that this box could ever hold

the amount of love I wanted her to have in life.

When I was a boy in school,

the Valentine’s Box was very important to me.

I read every card and I counted them

to see how many friends I had.

I remember trying to buy the cards

 I was to give my friends and

feeling they were never good enough.

In class, we were given a list

of all the names of each person

in the class so everyone got a card.

This was a good idea – but in life love is a choice.

Every day we have the choice of giving a card

and what we will write on it.

When I worked at Jeep,

I would often find cards in my lunch box;

cards from my wife and children.

Those notes reminded me of why I went to work,

so I could support those I love.

Love is a powerful motivator…

it gives us energy which increases the quality of life.

 

Valentine’s Day will be here soon

and then it will be over for this year,

but the sharing of love

should be an everyday occurrence.

You don’t have to wait till next year

when the Valentine’s Box comes out…

You can put your Valentine’s

in a lunch box or email box any day.

You don’t even need a box and

it does not have to be given only

to people you know.

Next time you are in line at the coffee shop,

pay for a stranger’s coffee –

As a reminder, Christ loved you

when you did not know Him!

Scripture Reading

1 John 4:9-12 NIV

9 This is how God showed his love among us:

He sent his one and only Son into the world

that we might live through him.

10 This is love: not that we loved God,

but that he loved us and sent his Son

as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us,

we also ought to love one another.