WHEN LOVE COMES LOOKING FOR YOU.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romance—it’s about love that pursues, forgives, and restores. Discover a story that reflects the relentless, welcoming love of our Heavenly Father.
What emotions does Valentine’s Day stir within you? Is it a sense of grieving lost relationships, failures in your love life? Perhaps that you have not yet had a close relationship? Or do you feel a sense of security, and, joy in your present relationship?
Whatever your situation, let this day be a reminder that you are deeply known and unconditionally loved by the One who created love itself.
I found this moving story by Max Lucardo very telling, of a mother in Brazil whose tireless search for her daughter mirrors the very heart of God.
Christina an 18-year-old beautiful young lady, who lived in a small village wanted to see the world. She dreamed of a better life in the city. One morning she slipped away, breaking her mother’s heart. Knowing what life on the streets would be like for her young, attractive daughter, Maria hurriedly packed to go find her.
On her way to the bus stop she entered a drugstore to get one last thing. Pictures. She sat in the photograph booth, closed the curtain, and spent all she could on pictures of herself. With her purse full of small black-and-white photos, she boarded the next bus to the city.
Maria began her search in bars, hotels, and nightclubs, any place with a bad reputation. She went to them all. And at each place she left her picture—taped on a bathroom mirror, tacked to a hotel bulletin board, fastened to a corner phone booth. And on the back of each photo she wrote a note.
Both the money and the pictures ran out, and Maria had to go home. It was a few weeks later that young Christina descended the hotel stairs. Her young face was tired. Her brown eyes no longer danced with youth but spoke of pain and fear. Her laughter was broken. Her dream had become a nightmare.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, her eyes noticed a familiar face. She looked again, and there on the lobby mirror was a small picture of her mother.
Christina’s eyes burned and her throat tightened as she walked across the room and removed the small photo. Written on the back was this compelling invitation.
“WHATEVER YOU HAVE DONE, WHATEVER YOU HAVE BECOME, IT DOESN’T MATTER. PLEASE COME HOME.”
This is our heavenly Father’s love, reaching out to the world, no one excluded.
Let this Valentines Day be a reminder that you are deeply known and unconditionally loved by the One who created love itself.
May I encourage you on this Valentine's Day, to set aside time for a 'date' with God. Have a deep conversation with Him through prayer, meditate on His Word and let His love fill your heart.
