A Valentine Forever

First and foremost I will say that yes I know that Valentines Day was created by the Catholic Church, in order to get the pagans away from their Roman roots. In short it started as a pagan holiday. For many of us scholars this is an obvious thing. Personally I celebrate it on a daily basis, meaning I celebrate the LOVE of Jesus Christ everyday. I celebrate the LOVE I have for friends and family everyday, and I celebrate LOVE in general everyday. One of the things that I have learned is that God wants us to enjoy life as long as we don't break His word. I believe that God doesn't care one way or another if we celebrate foolish things such as birthdays, valentines day, etc. As long as we do not try to say God wants us to celebrate these things or say that the Word of God commands us to celebrate these things we should be fine. Celebrations of foolish things are a way for us to unwind, to fellowship with each other outside of the church ministry setting. The word fellowship simply means to come together. When my brother and I go to a movie we are in fellowship and celebrating our relationship as brothers and friends. So personally I do not see a problem with celebrating holidays such as Valentines day as long as we put it in the context that it is a foolish holiday where we celebrate and let loose. As long as we are not doing anything to break God's commandments we are OK. Now if you yourself feel convicted to not celebrate certain holidays then hey, more power to you. I believe we can agree to disagree but do not go on a rampage to condemn anyone who just wants to have fun. As long as they are not breaking God's commandments and doing something to defile their body to each their own. I know many might agree and many might disagree but as I stated earlier we can agree to disagree on this one. As we all get closer to God we must all ask Him to reveal to each and everyone of us His will for us as well as whether or not certain things we do are OK with Him or not. We are not perfect and must all draw closer to God and be refined. Stay strong and stay vigilant. God loves you and so do I.