Greetings, Precious Family:

May the perfect and unfailing Peace of the Lord be with you always.

In the United States, on February 14th, we celebrate St. Valentine Day. It is a day we share and show love to those  closest to our hearts. Whether it is mother/father, spouse/partner, brother/sister, or just our favorite human beings and sometimes even our favorite animals. We give gifts of love, from our hearts, to let the person(s) know we are thinking of them.

We have St. Valentine to thank for all of the sharing of love. St. Valentine believed in love and marriage and was ultimately killed for it. When you have time, read up on Emperor Claudius or the name he is better known for “Claudius The Cruel.” Claudius banned marriages so that the soldiers would not be distracted and could concentrate on fighting for the Roman army. St. Valentine believed in love so much that he risked his life to secretly unite couples in marriage who were in love.

My heart will eternally always belong to Jesus. The love that I have been shown through Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection will always be the highest form of love. God loved me, in spite of me. Who does that??? There is no Greater Love than the love shown to us by Jesus.

Holy Scriptures

John 15:9-17

New King James Version

Love and Joy Perfected

⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. ¹² This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. ¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. ¹⁷ These things I command you, that you love one another.

Song of Love

Family, I love to watch the Mime videos of Beneal Smith, Jr. His creativity just jumps off of the screen. Today’s worship video is by Pastor Smokie Norful. No Greater Love is one of my favorite songs. I pray that both of these Men of God blesses you today and reminds you of how much we are truly loved.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA