Pastor Matt (February Family Talk )
February 15, 2011
Dear Church Family,
In just a couple weeks, we’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day.
I’m sure some of you are disillusioned by the commercial nature of it. However you feel about this day, I think we can all agree that we don’t need a special occasion to show our love and appreciation for those closest to us in our lives. I have somewhat of a backward challenge for you
in light of Valentine’s Day this month. Go ahead and celebrate the way you normally do, but in addition to that, make it a point to show love to people you wouldn’t normally love.
Take a minute to read Matthew 5:43-48 and see what Jesus says about love. Jesus sure raises the bar! “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (v. 44). In a month focused on showing love to those we already love, let’s follow Jesus’ command and also love our enemies, the people who treat us poorly, the people who are mean and the people we just don’t get along with. As Paul writes in
Ephesians 3:14-21, may God enable you to begin to grasp just how incredible His love is and as we do that, may we turn around and show that love to those around us.
Your servant,
Pastor Matt
