February – the world celebrates this as the month of love. Isn’t that kind of sad, only one month of love? On Valentine’s Day, the day of love, the world decorates with hearts and cupids. Boxes of candy and flowers are given. Did you realize all that the world gives out for this month is not lasting? It is there for a fleeting moment and then it is all over. Even the line they hand out saying that diamonds are forever – sorry they are not.

But, with Christ love is more than just one month. The gift that we receive is eternal and forever. John 3:16 & 17 says “for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

The love that God loves us with is everlasting and it does not change. He will always love us. It is the sin that he does not love. God does not pick one day out of a month to show us his love. He loves us everyday and he shows us everyday. Psalm 19 tells us “the Heavens declare his glory,” but let me say that it also declares his love. As I look at the beauty of the sky on some mornings, it looks as though God took a paint brush and painted the sky with beautiful reds and blues just for me. Some days I look at the light of the sun reflecting on earth and I can feel the warmth of his love. As I listen in the morning and hear the song of the birds, I know that a God who loves me gave them their song just for me. Look around you sometime and see just how much God loves you.

Think about it now, whose love do you want, the world’s that is celebrated once a year with gifts that do not last or would you rather have the love of God that keeps on giving and giving day after day. The choice is yours.