A VALENTINE OF LOVE & STEADFASTNESS

A VALENTINE OF LOVE & STEADFASTNESS


MOST things in life
Are tangible-even
Where LOVE is concerned
In this world


Love is EASY to understand
Even on VALENTINE'S DAY


We SHOW our love with
A DOZEN ROSES-candy and dinner
A store-bought card-or some other
Type of gift


We RECOGNIZE those things
As symbols-SYMBOLS OF LOVE
And we are all FILLED with feelings
Of tenderness and gratitude
For the GIVER


But WHERE God is concerned-
Where Jesus is concerned


We have to OPEN UP our hearts-
Open up our minds-open up-
For IN FAITH


For GOD'S LOVE-isn't always
Quite so obvious


“WHEN I broke the 7 loaves
For the 4,000
How many full baskets


Of fragments
Did you pick up?


They answered him, 'seven'
And he said to them
'Do you still not understand?'” Mark 8:20-21


Our God-our Jesus-makes something
Out of nothing-
He makes MIRACLES
He gives us LOVE


And love-REAL LOVE -
Is anything but tangible


It is SURE-it is CONSTANT-
It is quiet-it is STEADFAST


GOD'S LOVE=a valentines
Of love and steadfastness
It is always there
And it is anything but tangible


You just CAN'T touch it-
You can't feel it-but TRUST ME-
You feel it CONFIDENTLY
In your heart


YOU KNOW-it is always there


“LOVE is patient-love is kind-
It does NOT envy-
It does not boast
It is not proud


It does not
Dishonor others
It is not self-seeking


It is not easily angered
It keeps NO RECORD of wrongs


Love does NOT delight
In evil
But rejoices-with the truth


IT always PROTECTS
Always trusts
Always hopes
Always perseveres


LOVE NEVER FAILS” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8


That SENSE of confidence
And trust we get from God


Is absolutely the BEST VALENTINE
We can ever RECEIVE (and give)


I FEEL it from God
DO YOU?


I hope you do
And I hope you FEEL
My everlasting LOVE & KINDNESS too


I LOVE YOU ALL!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
(with the steadfastness of God)


Robert P. Wallman
2-12-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney