Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! I know there are mainly two schools of thought on this holiday. There are those who like to go all out, buy the flowers, the cards, the jewelry, the conversation hearts, even if its just for themselves because they don’t happen to have a Valentine this year (hey, someone even coined the term “Galentine’s Day” for all those single gals out there!). Then there are those who boycott Valentine’s Day because its a so-called “Corporation-created commercial non-holiday” and they refuse to throw their money away to the greeting card and flower companies.

Well, here’s my call to action. Obviously this has been on my mind for a while since its the reason why I started this blog in the first place, but why not challenge ourselves on this Valentine’s Day – a day that is supposed to symbolize love. Let God’s love shine through us today. Today is a day that can be especially difficult for a lot of people. People who want to be loved but feel that they are unlovable for one reason or another. Lets be the proof of God’s love here on Earth for them. Just make that extra effort, especially today when they are seeing so much love around them for others; they need a little for themselves. That love can come through you.

Don’t limit it to just Valentine’s Day, but perhaps it can start today.

This song really struck me the other day and has really started to be my anthem and inspiration, hopefully it’ll speak to something in you as we’ll. So, I’ll leave you with this:

The Proof Of Your Love
By For King and Country

If I sing but don’t have love
I waste my breath with every song
I bring an empty voice, a hollow noise
If I speak with a silver tongue
Convince a crowd but don’t have love
I leave a bitter taste with every word I say

So let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love
Let my love look like You and what You’re made of
How You lived, how You died
Love is sacrifice
So let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love

If I give
To a needy soul but don’t have love then who is poor?
It seems all the poverty is found in me

So let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love
Let my love look like You and what You’re made of
How You lived, how You died
Love is sacrifice
Oh, let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love

When it’s all said and done
When we sing our final song
Only love remains
Only love remains

Let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love
Let my love look like You and what You’re made of
How You lived, how You died
Love is sacrifice
So let my life be the proof,
The proof of Your love