Saturday Feb 14

Father, I'm lonely. Not just alone but deeply isolated, surrounded by people who don't really know me. I have acquaintances but not friends, connections but not community, conversations but not real intimacy. I'm exhausted from pretending I'm fine when I'm not, from performing instead of b

You didn't find Me - I found you. You didn't choose Me first - I chose you first. You didn't start loving Me - I started loving you before you even knew My name. Every movement toward Me is actually a response to My prior movement toward you. I loved you first, and I always will.

Today is Valentine's Day, named for St. Valentine who was martyred on February 14, 269 AD. Legend says he was imprisoned for performing marriages for Christian soldiers (forbidden to marry) and ministering to persecuted Christians. Before his execution, he allegedly healed his jailer's bli