The Best Love Story..

I've always been a Valentine's Day kind-of-girl. Maybe it's due to the fact that my mom always leaves me a little something on the kitchen table (Dove Heart-shaped chocolates are my absolute fave). Maybe it's because I have been fortunate enough to have such loving friends and family in my life and having an entire day dedicated to them is simply amazing and well-deserved. Or it could be the fact that my favorite color is Pink...

But, whatever the reason may be, I simply love celebrating this holiday. Yesterday, I saw someone had posted a Facebook status about Valentine's Day that said something along the lines of, "Valentine's Day is just one day--you should love everyday." I sat there stunned for a moment. Everything about that statement was so true. While Valentine's Day is said to be the "most romantic day of the year" and is often celebrated with roses and chocolates--you should celebrate the power of love everyday. 

I took some time yesterday morning to read the GREATEST Love story of all time--The Gospels. 

In Eugene H. Peterson's, The Message Remix, Peterson says in Matthew 18:12-14 "Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one? And if he finds it, doesn't he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put? Your Father in heaven feels the same way. He doesn't want to lose even one of these simple believers."

God loves each and every one of us so much that he is willing to leave far more behind for OUR sake. 

Don't get me wrong, I love my Dove chocolates, the sentimental cards from my Mom and Dad and the smell of roses from my boyfriend. But, chocolates get eaten, cards get thrown out* and roses die. 

But, God's Love for us is never ending. It never dies. It never waivers.

In fact, God loved us so much that he gave his one and only Son so that everyone who loves Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).  

Now that right there, that my friends, is true love. 

XOXO,

Meggie

*for the record, I have kept every single card y'all have give me! In the Trusty household, finding THE perfect card is like a competition. We all try to out do each-other and pick the funniest, sweetest or silliest one.