Minute Musings...Love Is In The Air

All you have to do is walk into a store and you know that Valentines Day is coming!
Everything is "red."  There are aisles of stuffed animals of every description all holding
plush red hearts;  delicious chocolates, red roses, beautiful jewelry, and hundreds of
cards all trying to convey the thought of lasting love and devotion.  Millions of dollars
are spent every February in the attempt of being the "perfect valentine" to your special
someone.

Jeremiah 31:3  "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have
loved thee with an everlasting love:" 

We hold in our hands the most beautiful love letter that has ever been written in the
history of mankind.  This is a love that we cannot fathom.  It brought the Almighty God
of the universe from the majestic courts of heaven to a humble stable; this love led Him
into the waters of baptism; it allowed Him to be driven into the desert of temptation;
it accompanied Him throughout His earthly ministry.  This love drove Him to His knees
in the Garden of Gethsemane as He prayed, "Thy will be done." (Matthew 26:42) 
It was this love that kept Him on that old rugged cross bearing your sin and mine.  That
old Roman cross was drenched in red...the precious blood of our blessed Redeemer; the
blood that He willing, lovingly shed for us.

Don't get caught up in the commercialism of this time of year.  I'm not saying it's wrong
to convey your love to your significant other, but spend your energy focusing on Who
should be the greatest love of your life, your precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 
Make sure that your spiritual love life is vibrant and flourishing.

Song of Solomon 7:10  "I am my beloved's, and His desire is toward me."

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I Am His, and He Is Mine

 

Loved with everlasting love, led by grace that love to know;

Spirit, breathing from above, Thou hast taught me it is so!

O this full and perfect peace, O this transport all divine-

In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine;

In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.

 

Heav'n above is softer blue, Earth around is sweeter green!

Something lives in every hue Christ-less eyes have never seen;

Birds with gladder songs o'erflow, flowers with deeper beauties shine,

Since I know, as now I know, I am His, and He is mine;

Since I know, as now I know, I am His, and He is mine.

 

His forever, only His - Who the Lord and me shall part?

Ah, with what a rest of bliss Christ can fill the loving heart!

Heav'n and earth may fade and flee.  Firstborn light in gloom decline;

But while God and I shall be, I am His, and He is mine;

But while God and I shall be, I am His, and He is mine.

 

                                                    George W. Robinson