Today, all across the world, people are celebrating Valentine's Day. Hollywood is spending thousands of dollars renting out restaurants, buying expensive jewelry, in the real-world; husbands our sending their wives flowers at work, and ladies are getting their hair and nails done for a night out on the town. It will be an exciting day. A day filled with romance, happiness, and love. Today I am reflecting on love. I am thankful for a day that has been carved out, for individuals to express their love to one another a little more than they would on any other day. But, I don't put this day above any other day. For me, I am going about this day, thanking the Lord, that I can tell my husband "Happy Valentine's Day" and it is said with meaning and love. For my husband and I, who have been married for 11 years, celebrating today is a miracle. Not because one of us almost past away, or had taken very ill. But, because there was...
"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift - 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." Ephesians 2:8-10