It is that time of the year again when couples and hopefuls are encouraged (by society) to do something special to remind/show thier loved ones how much they mean to them etc.  I am currently not in a relationship but thats not the reason for my first comment.

My first thoughts are that what Valentines Day is all about should be happening all the time and not just on Valentines Day.  There should be no need to set aside a day to show your affections - or is this just me?

I am looking forward to this Valentines Day but for a whole different reason. 



I realise that Valentines Day is about love so this is my take on it for this year (and depending on the results, the years to come).

We are all lucky enough to have roofs over our heads and beds to sleep in and family and/or friends who care about us.  So we do Valentines Day and thats it. 

This year my V-Day is going to be about the people who are not going to be snuggled up together but those who really need to know that they matter.  The people whom everyone brushes past every day and doesn't take a second look at.  The people that are commented upon in the minds of many who pass them daily - and they are not pleasant thoughts and comments either. 
What would JC say if he lived in our world today?

I want to really make this Valentines about love.  Not what or whom I fancy (or don't as the case currently is, in a way) or whatever, but about the love of God.  It is about going out there and loving the people who need it most. 

My interest at the moment is to find where I can help out next Thursday night and really throw myself into it - at a cost of nothing but my time.

I really pray that I will find my niche for next week and that I can be God to those people. 
Who knows, maybe in reaching out to others, I will begin to understand and heal from the present hurt and rejection that I feel so much at the moment.  Somewhere in there, I may find another side of God - in the people I meet.

I want to reach out next week and I want my eyes to be opened so that I see God in every person I meet. 

It is not about outward appearances but about the truth of who these people are and the way that God himself sees them. 

I really hope that I may see these people  even a fraction of the way in which God sees them.

Valentine's Day is about loving and I think its time I stepped up to the plate...