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Valentine's Day
'The LORD was grieved... and his heart was filled with pain.' GENESIS 6:6
Today's the day when a few people will feel very special and a lot of people will feel pretty miserable. One or two people will actually go as far as to send themselves a card so that when it arrives through the letter box everybody else thinks they've got a secret admirer! One way or another, Valentine's Day is an emotional day for everyone. Emotions are weird aren't they? Some people always have their emotions hanging out like washing on a line. Other people hide them away where nobody can see. One thing's for sure, God made us with emotions. The Bible's full of them!
Your mind might jump to Psalms as the 'emotional' bit of the Bible, but feelings run right through it, and not just human feelings. Early on in the story of God and His creation we get the sense that when God made us 'in His image' (Genesis 1:26-27) it involved blessing us with His ability to 'feel'.
That sets us apart from all the rest of creation. Yes, your dog might pull a sad face and whimper when you leave the house in the morning but Rover can't understand how it feels to get a Valentine's card, or not! Happiness, sadness, pleasure and anger are all 'gifts' from God, who feels all these things too. But most of all He has given us love, a better love than any human can give.
written by Bob Gass
