It’s February!! The
month of love and romance, the time of year that flower shops and card and
candy manufactures look forward to and dread all at the same time. However, at some point in my life it turned
from being about romantic love and became all about the kids. Which isn’t bad, I love showering my kids in
love! But I don’t want Mike to get lost
in the shuffle because he has been my Valentine for 18 years now, and will be
for years to come. I want to be sure and let him know how much I love and
appreciate him. I am so excited because
this month we will actually be in Portland for Valentine’s Day and I am really
looking forward to a romantic get-away with my Sweetheart!
This
post, however, is not all about how to make your Valentine’s Day more
meaningful for your Sweetheart. I do
think that celebrating our love for our spouse is important, but something else
has been on my heart the last couple of days.
Our church has a wonderful Children’s Program called “Kings Kids” which I
am involved in. I have been blessed in
so many ways by being part of this ministry, both by the kids and by what I am
learning alongside them about being a child of the King. Each month I submit something for the
Church’s Newsletter/Website that shares what we are learning with the rest of
the church. This month our theme is “The
Greatest is the Least” and comes from John 13:1-35 when Jesus washed the feet
of his disciples at the Last Supper. When I first started preparing for this
month’s theme I really didn’t consider it to tie in with Valentine’s Day, but
the more I dug into scripture and thought about it the more I realized that it
fits perfectly with this holiday that celebrates love. So I’ve shared in part what I wrote for the
February Newsletter for Kings Kids:
What does love look like in Kings Kids? It’s putting others above ourselves,
ministering to one another in joy, love and humility. It means sharing, taking turns, being kind,
helping one another and having compassion. As Jesus was getting closer and closer to the
crucifixion, he was burdened with the responsibility of sharing with his
disciples what it means to love. At the
last supper he took the opportunity to show them true love in action by washing
their feet, a task meant for a servant not a king.
Jesus wants all of us as his
followers to understand that true love means considering others greater and
ourselves less, to take up the bowl of water and towel and wash one another’s
feet in love and humility. I think that
this is easier in theory than in action because it doesn’t come natural and
it’s not what the World teaches us; but it’s what Jesus calls us to do so how
can we do anything less? So while this
month will mean giving and receiving cards, flowers and candy to some, may it
mean something different to those of us who belong to Christ. This Valentine’s Day (and everyday) let’s
show love by giving of ourselves in Jesus’ name.
