Valentine's Pain

On Valentine’s Day, I was cutting the flower stems of some beautiful flowers my husband gave me as a symbol of his love and devotion.  As I was making a snip to the gorgeous fuchsias, deep purples and lively reds, I overcut and snipped my finger with the scissors!  It left a very bloody, deep, v-shaped cut.  It was then that I saw the other injury of the day – a burn from the oven.  I had been taking out cinnamon rolls from the oven that I had made special for my family for their breakfast.  It was then that it hit me that love hurts! The brown burn on my thumb reminded me that when I love others, it can be painful.  The now-bandaged cut on the opposing hand reminded me that when someone else is loving me, it costs them too and can cut them very deeply because of my sinful nature.

I praise God for the wonderful, yet somewhat painful, Valentine’s Day I had.  I praise Him for reminding me what true love can look like.  I praise Him for sending others into my life to love me despite the pain I may cause them, namely Jesus my Savior. And I pray that I am willing to truly love others the way I want to be loved.