IT'S LOVE

Valentine's' Day is just two days from now.  Florist around the country are gearing up for one of their best weeks of the year to sell beautiful bouquets of flowers as the one seen above.  In addition, chocolates, jewelry, and other fine gifts are bought for loved ones.  And this is all in the name of love for the recipient.  Such love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection.  Wikipedia describes it as a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that range from interpersonal affection to pleasure.  It can also be described as a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection. The red roses in the picture were given to me by my husband.  I know they came because of his love for me, certainly a marriage that lasts for 63 years has to be based on love that is mentioned in one or all of the definitions above. 
While the love that humans give and get from one another ,wonderful as that is, there is a love that passes all that in kind and dimension.  I want to quote a few verses about God's love, God's love  is available to all and  He never takes it away from us no matter what we do.
"The steadfast love of God endures all the day."  Lamentations 3:22.  "I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever;" Psalm 52:8. "Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God forever and ever".  Romans 8:39. "In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9.  The  love expressed in those few verses surpasses anything we can even imagine and is greater than we can achieve.  But the best verse to describe God's love for each and every one of us is from John 3:16.  "For God so loved the world (your name) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever (your name) believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.   (KJV)
That is love. So as we remember and celebrate the love that we have for one another this week let us be mindful of the even greater love that God has for each of us. Jesus gave His life for us in a shameful death on the cross to show how much He loved us. Let us reflect  that love to others in this often divisive and angry world that we live in today.  Only God's love will change hearts  and change people's actions. My prayer is that we will unite our hearts in love to God, then He will multiply our efforts  and we all WILL bring glory to Him.
I speak of this much in my book, I've Always Been Rich. In the book I go into detail of how I have experienced God's grace as shown in His love for me.   I've experienced it and I pray you have too.  Marilyn Rensink    email mjrevmom6@aol.com   Books available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com and your local bookstore.