Really! Happy Valentine's Day!

Our culture has made a serious decision. Love is proven with candy...lots of candy...especially chocolate...with red roses and a fluffy white bear, the bigger the better. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you know, for sure, someone loves you (at least in February)
In the midst of this deluge of sugar and red hearts, we all know love isn't proven by a single gift one time a year. And some of us feel distinctly unloved especially on February 14th, because we know love can be proven, but chocolate isn't the way. So on this special day, some of us need to know something else. There is Someone who loves us dearly. 
God proved His love for us like this: When we were rebelling against Him, He came and died in our place. This is the way Jesus rescued us from God's righteous wrath and made us ready for a relationship with God. -- Romans 5:8-9 (paraphrased)
God's Valentine's verse (Romans 5:8-9), speaks to each of us, but it is up to us to listen.
You and I are loved by God so much that even though
We have sinned against Him and pushed God away,
He sent Jesus to pay the price for our sins 
So I could be forgiven and freed from my sins,
And so you could be forgiven and freed from your sins,
Now you and I are invited to know and follow Him forever.
Do you believe this?
If not, God still loves you, and today is your opportunity to ask God to change your heart and mind.
If yes, God still loves you, and your life, today, is the opportunity to love Him back with obedience and worship.
Happy Valentine's Day!