When You're Tempted to Give Up on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day.

A day for single women to let go of expectations of being loved perfectly by a man,
and to rest in God's love.

Valentine's Day.

A day for married women to let go of expectations of being loved perfectly by a man,
and to rest in God's love.

Valentine's Day.

A day to remember what real love is, and where it comes from.

Valentine's Day. 

Just another day of being lied to, stepped on, and ignored by imperfect men.

Just another day of being understood, gently led, and attended to by a perfect God.

Valentine's Day.

A day to be enjoyed by all who are loved perfectly.

 

You live your life like a tornado.
Destruction follows everywhere you go.
And you have no plans to stop or slow. 

I will not let this bitter root grow in me.
I will not let you leave that legacy,
But it gets so hard when pain is all I see.

And every time I find healing, you're making a new mess.
And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness.

And I tried to remove myself from your path,
But I keep on waking up in the aftermath.
So I pick up again and say I won't look back. 

And I will not let this bitter root grow in me.
I will not let you leave that legacy,
But this constant fight is breaking me.

And every time I find healing, you're making a new mess.
And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness.

And it hurts when you hit at the hearts of the ones I love;
When everything you touch is rubble and dust.
And it gets so hard to know how to trust.
But I will not let that bitter root grow. 

 But it gets so hard.

And every time I find healing you're making a new mess,
And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness. 

I could move and never send you a forwarding address,
Or I could learn the real meaning of forgiveness.

"Tornado" by Sara Groves

As reality hits, and the false image of Cupid falls pitifully off the window of our life... let's turn our gaze to the greatest lover of all:

"There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." John 15:13