Yesterday was Valentine's Day. For some it was a great day, for others it was a sad or disappointing day. What was the difference? The difference was whether or not they shared intimacy with another person. For all of us that "other person" can be God. He is as close as the mention of His name and He will never leave you or forsake you. You are always on His mind.
I truly missed my Dad. My entire life Daddy always bought me a gift. Usually Daddy bought me a heart shaped box of candy. I didn't need it. Most of the time it looked much better than it tasted but it was from his heart to mine. I had been on his mind. He thought of me. He purposely went out and picked that heart shaped box of candy just for me.
I truly missed my Dad. My entire life Daddy always bought me a gift. Usually Daddy bought me a heart shaped box of candy. I didn't need it. Most of the time it looked much better than it tasted but it was from his heart to mine. I had been on his mind. He thought of me. He purposely went out and picked that heart shaped box of candy just for me.
I remember when my youngest daughter got her first job. She went and purchased a Valentine's Day package for her Daddy and I at the best hotel in town. She was so thoughtful and to this day we still talk about it. It meant something to her and it touched our hearts deeply.
Valentine's Day is not just for lovers, it is for those who love.
I pray you had a great day. We only get so many Valentines Days in a life time so we need to make them count. So plan next year to celebrate your friends, your parents, your grandparents, your kids, those you work with. It's not the amount of money you spend it is the thought that went into the gift.
Those who know the Lord have a sense of desperation for fellowship with him. He has become their daily bread. He is not a priority; he is the priority. “One thing I ask of the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple,” David wrote in Psalm 27:4 (NIV). Paul stated his priority by saying everything in my life is rubbish compared to knowing Jesus.
There have been times in my life when God became a priority because I felt desperate for him. I have experienced a voracious hunger for his presence—like I can’t get enough. While these seasons are very precious to me, I’ve also learned not to base the priority of Jesus on my feelings. I still want to make him my priority even during “dry spells” in which it’s a labor of love to get up early to seek him.
Sometimes I seek out of desperation, other times out of desire, and still others out of discipline. But always, I want to seek him.
Valentine's Day is not just for lovers, it is for those who love.
I pray you had a great day. We only get so many Valentines Days in a life time so we need to make them count. So plan next year to celebrate your friends, your parents, your grandparents, your kids, those you work with. It's not the amount of money you spend it is the thought that went into the gift.
Those who know the Lord have a sense of desperation for fellowship with him. He has become their daily bread. He is not a priority; he is the priority. “One thing I ask of the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple,” David wrote in Psalm 27:4 (NIV). Paul stated his priority by saying everything in my life is rubbish compared to knowing Jesus.
There have been times in my life when God became a priority because I felt desperate for him. I have experienced a voracious hunger for his presence—like I can’t get enough. While these seasons are very precious to me, I’ve also learned not to base the priority of Jesus on my feelings. I still want to make him my priority even during “dry spells” in which it’s a labor of love to get up early to seek him.
Sometimes I seek out of desperation, other times out of desire, and still others out of discipline. But always, I want to seek him.
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