Valentine's Day!


              Valentine’s Day. An entire holiday built around hearts, ginormous teddy bears, and chocolate. Gotta love the chocolate. But even though all these things are great (like the chocolate), Valentine’s Day is about one thing. Love! But there is more than one kind of love. The first kind is the most commonly known kind of love. It’s the kind of love that most people think about when they hear the word “love”. It’s the romantic kind of love. This is the kind of love that Valentine’s Day is built around. Like the love a boy might have for a girl.

The second is the kind of love a child has for their parents or the kind of love we have towards God. The Bible tells us about it in Matthew.

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’”
Matthew 22:37

But the Bible tells us about another kind of love. Like the love two friends might have for one another in Romans.

“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Romans 12:10

In this world there are people who are going to annoy you, pester you, and even push your buttons. This is just part of life. But we need to treat others with the same respect we have for ourselves. This Valentine’s Day, show others this kind of love that Romans 12:10 tells us about. Be devoted to one another! Respect one another! Treat others the way you would like to be treated!

I would like to point out, however, that it’s a lot easier to type these words to encourage you, rather than actually carry these words out. I am human, just like you (not some crazy psychopath from mars), and I have trouble with these same problems I’m telling you about. Actually most of the time, that’s where I get my blogs. From real life experiences that happen in my daily life! I just put these experiences into writing, hoping to encourage you.

Thank you so much for reading, and remember to show others that you have RESPECT for them. And that Valentine’s Day isn’t all about the chocolate. (Awe man! L)

I hope this encouraged and inspired you as well as many others!
 
(Also, if you want to be encouraged and inspired elsewhere, you can find me on Instagram @grace_inspirations_blog or on Pinterest! Just search Grace Inspirations Blog!)

LOVE GRACE

 

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