Today is Valentine's Day, which is a celebration of romantic love.
Legend has it that there were a couple of bishops named Valentine who were martyred, and this day was named in honour of them.
As to how these bishops became linked to romantic love is anyone's guess.
Back in the 1980s, there was a song made popular by Whitney Houston entitled "The Greatest Love of All". In that song, she declared that learning to love oneself is the greatest love of all.
I beg to differ.
The greatest love of all is love that is self-sacrificing. It is love that considers th
e well-being of others above oneself. It is love that is unconditional. It is the love that was demonstrated in dying for us while we were yet sinners (Rom 5:8). It is God's kind of love for us.
The Greek has several words for love.
The first is known as storge, which is family affection.
The second is known as phileo, which is friendship love.
The third is known as eros, which is romantic love.
The fourth is known as agape, which is unconditional love.
While we celebrate Valentine's Day with our love ones, let us not forget the greatest love of all, which is God's unconditional love for us. Amen?
Oh by the way, my wife and I (together with members from my previous cell group 3L7) had a triple-date Valentine's dinnner at Tao's (the place that we celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary).
Each lady was given a rose. Each couple also had their photo taken with a Polaroid, which was then slotted into the front of the menu, which we could then take home as a souvenir. How sweet and novel of them, hor?
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