Happy Valentine's Day!

Tonight my sweetie invited me to go to his church's annual Valentine's banquet.  It was great fun, great food and great company.  

My favorite part about it was that it brought the whole concept of Valentine's Day, LOVE, back to the ULTIMATE lover.  Jesus Christ, who gave His own LIFE so that we could live in freedom and peace.

There are SOOOO many Bible verses about God and His love for us. 

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  

Psalm 145:8

For God so loved the world that He GAVE His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish forever but have eternal life. 

John 3:16

Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39

There is a song that we sang in Church this morning AND at the banquet tonight and I'm so glad we did.  It's one of my favorite songs! The lyrics are so powerful and so true.

He is jealous for me, 

loves like a hurricane, I am tree, 

bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.

When all of a sudden 

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

and I realize just how beautiful You are

and how great Your affections are for me.

And Oh, how He loves us

Oh, Oh how He loves us

How He loves us all

Yeah He loves us, Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves

We are His portion and He is our prize

drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking

So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss

and my heart turns violently in my chest

I don't have time to maintain these regrets

when I think about the way

He loves us, OH how He loves us

Oh how He loves us

How He loves us all.

YES, He loves us, oh how He loves us

OH how He loves us

Oh how He loves.

I hope that if you don't know Him or His love, you will come to know that.  It's the best thing that can ever happen to you .  I pray you will find His love. 

<3