CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 14, 2024
VALENTINE’S DAY, LIKE SO MANY OTHER DAYS, HAS BECOME AN INDUSTRY. OF THE $25.8 BILLION THAT IS SPENT ON VALENTINE’S DAY EACH YEAR – JUST IN THE U.S. — JEWELRY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE EXPENSE AT $6.4 BILLION, FOLLOWED BY $4.9 BILLION ON A NIGHT OUT, INCLUDING DINNER.
ALL THAT IS FINE IF ONE CAN AFFORD IT OR HAS A VALENTINE TO ENTERTAIN. BUT WHAT IS LOVE, REALLY?
SCRIPTURE TELLS US GOD IS LOVE. HE DEFINES LOVE. LOVE IS MUCH MORE THAN A FEELING. IF IT WERE ONLY A FEELING, GOD MIGHT HAVE DESTROYED US FOR OUR MANY SINS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
NO, LOVE IS A COMMITMENT. THE FOUNDER OF WORLD VISION ONCE STATED: “LOVE TALKED ABOUT IS EASILY IGNORED. LOVE DEMONSTRATED IS IRRESISTABLE.”
GOD DEMONSTRATED HIS LOVE FOR US THAT EVEN WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, HE SENT JESUS TO DIE FOR US TO PAY THE PRICE WE OWED FOR OUR SIN.
TODAY, IT SEEMS OUR LOVE IS INCREASINGLY CONDITIONAL. GOD’S LOVE US UNCONDITIONAL. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND A CARD THAT SAYS THAT. IF NOT, TELL YOUR SPOUSE YOUR LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL….AND MEAN IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
