Valentines Day

Last night at our kids club at church Lynn had the youngsters decorating heart-shaped biscuits with coloured icing sugar. Tomorrow I will be leading a family service at church and will concentrate of the Love that God showed to each one of us by sending His son Jesus Christ, to take the punishment due to you and me. Jesus showed amazing love! There were a number of St Valentines, 11 celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church (according to Wikipedia). Three of these were connected to 14th February, but none had romantic connections! It seems that the romantic 'story' was made that a priest called Valentine would perform secret marriages for young men when the Roman Emperor Claudius II decreed that young men should not marry. This law was made to help boost his army! Valentine was arrested for his actions and made a friendship with the jailer's daughter. He wrote to her signing his letter "from your Valentine".