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Yep, it’s Valentine’s Day. Sorry, there is no history I will offer on Saint Valentine of Rome. I have become colonized to the history of Hallmark cards and flowers; that’s really sad on my part, but I’m just being honest. Anyway, thinking about love today I wondered all the ways I have looked at this word, love, through all of my 61 years and nope, Hallmark won’t come calling. Here is what I found:

• Love is Mom
• Love is strange
• Love is desiring
• Love is hard
• Love is breathless
• Love is painful
• Love is tiresome
• Love is determined
• Love is intentional
• Love is blistering
• Love is happiness
• Love is sad
• Love is healing
• Love is kind
• Love is sexy
• Love is dangerous
• Love is crazy
• Love is satisfying
• Love is transparent
• Love is scary
• Love is demanding
• Love is acceptance
• Love is justice
• Love is God

I’m pretty sure my list will grow a little more. I might even look at love a little bit different in my seventies. But this is what I know for sure, “LOVE bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. LOVE NEVER FAILS.” 1st Corinthians 13:7

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!