Valentine’s Day
Do you remember the comic strip Cathy? Several years ago, around Valentine’s Day, I saw one where Cathy was talking to her friend Charlene. And Charlene said to her, “Irving’s been trying so hard, Cathy. You’re not even giving him a chance?” Cathy replied, ‘Too late Charlene. This Valentine’s Day, I’m recommitting to Me! Taking care of Me! Pursuing the needs and interests of Me! I’m finally liberating me to be me!” Charlene responded, “What’s wrong with him?” Cathy said, “Oh him? He’s too self-absorbed.”
Great Irony! But seriously, it is easy to make it all about us, isn’t it?
On this Valentine’s Day, let’s remember the familiar words of the Apostle Paul, who wrote with the intent of “showing us a better way…”
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends…
May we share this kind of love with those all around us on every side.
Let us pray: We thank you, O God, for the way in which you love us – without resentment or envy or agenda or end. Help us to practice this type of love with family, with friends, and with the world at large. We ask in Jesus name. Amen.
Daily Message Author: Joe Albright
Rev. Joe Albright is a graduate of Flagler College and Columbia Theological Seminary. Together, he and his wife Robbie have five children. He loves spending time on the ocean and especially enjoys surfing and fishing. Before entering the ministry, Joe taught high school Spanish in Cape Hatteras North Carolina and Lawrence Tavern, Jamaica. He has pastored churches in Sarasota and Jacksonville, Florida and is currently serving Trinity Presbyterian Church in Palm Coast. Full Bio “I believe deeply in the power of the Gospel to bring hope, love, and new life. I have seen firsthand how this beautiful ministry of hope has touched people’s lives. It gives me great joy to serve Dial Hope as Lead Pastor.”
