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Happy Valentines Day!

This is to be the day when our minds and hearts turn to thoughts of love, of giving flowers, candies and cards for our loved ones. But with the commercialization of all special days, it is a challenge to keep the importance of these special days in proper perspective. Loving someone is not always easy many times it requires us to be unselfish, caring, and considerate, but it has great reward.

Let’s take a look at what love really is.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always "me first,"
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the lowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

From the best seller... The Bible NIV

I realize that there are those who may be alone this Valentines Day. There may be some who are also alone who you can reach out and touch with a kind word or gesture. It may be your next door neighbor, the teller at the bank, the clerk at the store, or even your fellow employees. Reaching out to others will help relieve some of your own loneliness.

The Wisdom of Children

Q: How Does a Person Decide Whom to Marry?

"My mother says to look for a man who is kind...that’s what I’ll do...I’ll find somebody who’s kinda tall and handsome." - Carolyn, age 8

The Great Debate: Is It Better to Be Single or Married?

"You should ask people who read Cosmopolitan." - Kirsten, age 10

"It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean after them." - Anita, age 9

"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I’m just a kid. I don’t need that kind of trouble." - Will, age 7

Kids Thought On Love

"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I been trying to hide from it since I was five, but girls keep finding me." - Dave, age 8

"A man and a woman promise to go through sickness and illness and disease together." - Marlon, age 10

"It isn’t always how you look. Look at me. I’m handsome like anything, and I haven’t got anybody to marry yet." - Brian, age 7

"No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with." - Kirsten, age 10

Reach out to someone today!

Till next time… “Nurse Audrey” signing off!

 

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