what is it with valentines day that people
are showing love, expressing love, giving love, receiving love ..
Everything is just about love during valentines day ..
what is Valentines Day and how did it really started anyway ?
and sooo .. to end my queries about Valentines day ..
I searched the net for possible history and origin of this day ..
and I found out that, it is about St. Valentine, a Roman Christian back in ......
I forgot when :) ( ooopss :) haha ) .. its way before .. so anyway,
St. Valentine was known to be a martyr, who was sentenced to death
because of his failure to submit to worship the emperor .. He was first
locked in jail and was said to still share his faith and minister while in chains, with the
jailers and prisoners as his witnesses. And it was also said that one of the
prison guards there was a good man who adopted a blind girl. The prison guard
asked him if his God could help her daughter, and from there, Valentine prayed
for her and the girl was given sight. The guards and his whole household
believed in God and were baptized, according to some sources, they were 46.
When the emperor heard about what Valentine is doing, he was enraged and was vehement.
He was furious that he couldn't keep Valentine from sharing his faith, thus, he ordered
for him to be sentenced to death. And on the night before Valentine was to
be executed, he wrote a note to the guard's daughter saying "From your Valentine".
And today, Valentines Day is known for giving out cards and gifts, which already became a tradition for some. But certainly it is something more than that ! It's about giving our life for our love ones, out of love.
I got soooo much for an answer to my question, "What is Valentines Day?"
"It's about the true love that compelled a young Christian to give up his life rather than stop sharing his faith."
During Valentines day almost all of us wants to hear the words "Be my Valentine",
because it simply means that you are loved. But more than asking for our needs and wants to be met, let us be a servant to those we love on Valentines Day and let everyday be Valentines Day !! :).
And as for our satisfaction on hearing the words "Be my Valentine", well, God is telling that to you .. EVERYDAY .. just take time to lend an ear to listen to him ..
and so .. Will you be God's Valentine ? :)
John 3:16
For Go so loved the world that He gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him, shall not perish but have eternal life.
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