A Special Valentine Invitation: Will You be Mine?

What if there’s a special valentine invitation unlike any we’ve ever received? 

When you think of love and Valentine’s Day, what memories come to mind?

Perhaps you received Will you be mine? invites in grade school, college, and into adulthood.

Maybe a special someone entered your life, you received a marriage proposal from the love of your life, or your spouse went over the top to celebrate your love.

Even a sweet childhood memory may still captivate us.

Or, your memories surrounding this love-holiday uncover feelings of emptiness or a lack of love.

Memories from childhood to the present you’d rather forget. 

Because many of us have experienced both highs and lows when it comes to love and special valentine invitations.

But the most lavish, epic, and monumental Valentine’s Day to ever take place in history, celebrates the best kind of love—God’s extravagant love.

This is Love

First, let’s look at what love is and what love is not.

The Bible contains some of the most powerful and beautiful words ever penned on love. 

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (ESV)

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