My Valentine Tradition

So here I am on February 14th single once again. I got used to going on Valentine dates for the past four years and getting flowers from the guy in my life. But there is a tradition I started way before I ever started dating and I have kept it to this day. I always read 1 Corinthians 13 on Valentine's Day. It is dubbed as the love chapter in the Bible. No, it's definitely not the only place in the Bible where God's love is mentioned. However, it is where godly love is really defined. And since this is the love chapter in the Bible, I decided about 6 or 7 years ago that I would start reading this passage each year on February 14. I pause after each verse and make it a prayer for my life. Because a lot of times I do not show godly love to those around me or even to myself. And I need to be more patient, kind, selfless, humble, and truthful among other things. I should probably start reading this passage every morning and pray that it would be evident in my life for that day. 

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy: 

love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

does not behave rudely, does not seek its own,

is not provoked, thinks no evil;

does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

bears all things, believes all things,

hopes all things, endures all things." 

~1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV)

I love having this tradition, because each time I get something new out of the reading. Christ always reveals Himself to me in a new and exciting way. And it helps me to remember that I don't need a guy in my life to be complete, whole, and happy. I mean of course I do want to meet a godly guy one day and get married and have kids (please Lord before I'm 30, ha!). However, my worth is not found in whether I am dating someone or not. My worth is found in Christ. It's nice to know that my Valentine loved me so much that He died for me, but He didn't stay that way. He is living, and breathing, and He lives in me. His Word is alive and powerful and it penetrates to the bone. Oh "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word...."