El Amor Es La Palabra

So what with Valentine's Day being tomorrow, I thought I'd write about it. Go figure :)

Personally, I'm a fan of V-Day, though I've never done anything to celebrate it before (we won't talk about what happened a few years ago with some any guy, his friend, my house and monopoly lol) but it seems like a great reason to celebrate. It's all about love, right?

After doing some research, I've discovered that no-one actually knows for definite what its origins were, some seem to be pagan rituals from the era of the Roman Empire and others from the Roman Catholic Church, the most popular is the tale of the Bishop Valentine. Apparently, under the reign of Claudius the something, marriage was forbidden because this emperor believed that the reason for low recruitment to the army amongst males was because they did not want to leave their wives and children. Despite this decree against marriage, Bishop Valentine performed weddings in secret as he felt it to be of great importance. One day, he was discovered and thrown in prison and subsequently beheaded. During his time in prison however, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and the night before he was to die, he sent her a letter which was signed 'From Your Valentine' and behold, the a tradition of being someone's 'Valentine' commenced.

Anyway, aside from tradition and these tales of old, it's still a fly day in my opinion cos it's all about LOVE. The greatest gift of all.

It's just been like a keyword of late; it feels like I never really cottoned on to how bananas love actually is! It's CRAZY. This is God's love by the way. The love through which the whole world was made. The love by which the whole world was saved. Unconditional love. Everlasting love. Overwhelming love. Mind-blowing love. Man oh man, it's a beautiful thing.

V-Day doesn't even have to be about like you and your guy or girl. If you're in a serious relationship, then obvs like, you can dedicate the day to each other, that's special lol. But if not...tell your mum you love her, tell your best friend you love him/her. Even better, tell your enemy that you love them. That'll be tough, but when you let God's love work through you and manifest to that person who you really, really don't like, it will be amazing. [Before doing this, you have to forgive them as well. Unforgiveness is a major hindrance to true love].

Also, I think it's okay to say that Jesus is your valentine, even when talking about it in a romantic sense. You're in love with him right? He is your lover. So, yeah. Makes sense to me.

Well, these were my musings on Valentine's Day. I think I'm gonna go write some sonnets :)