What group of people receives the most Valentines? Teachers! – demonstrating that Valentine’s Day is much more than a romantic holiday.
To those among us who are single or grieving the loss of their loved one, this time of year is an invitation to embrace how well loved we are by family, friends, and our various communities.
An even more powerful invitation, which I extend to all, is to explore Loving Unreasonably… to love this world with all its brokenness and beauty… to love ourselves with mercy for our wounded places and honoring our strengths…to love those who have given us no particular reason to love them…and to love those who have given us plenty of reasons not to.
Dare to be willing to be a “fool for love” and love unreasonably. Nothing we do for love is ever wasted.