Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day are the same day this year. Interesting. Valentine’s Day originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. It has become a cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love. But this year Ash Wednesday invites to honor Someone Who loves us completely and forever.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
Jeremiah 31:3b NIV
“This is how much God loved the world:
He gave his Son, his one and only Son.
And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed;
by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
John 3:16 The Message
“If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.”
D. A. Carson
But think about this:
while we were wasting our lives in sin,
God revealed His powerful love to us in a tangible display—
the Anointed One died for us.
Romans 5:8 The Voice
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Dear God,
in the next 40 days, don’t let me focus on some thing I’m giving up.
Let me focus on Someone who gave it all up for me.
Renew my mind and draw me back to my first love.
Prepare my heart for Easter, for Your sacrifice, for Your resurrection!
(unknown)