The Lord, My Valentine
Written by Heather N.

Many thoughts come to mind when I think of making the Lord my Valentine.

I thought of the time a friend and I discussed wearing black on Valentine's Day (I don't remember if I actually did it). I have also thought of the many Valentine's Days that I have spent in tears, over not knowing the future and feeling lonely. There were also fond memories where my sweet father would bring all the girls some candy or some sort of thoughtful gift. Or, the joy that comes from serving at a banquet for those "love birds" the Lord has brought into our lives.

As I thought on the topic of “Making the Lord My Valentine,” I thought of what He had done in my life to bring me to the point of truly saying, I am His and He is mine. I think the greatest way we can make Him our true Valentine, is by getting to know Him Much of my time in the past had been spent asking, and whining at Him for the things that I didn't have. I have learned over the past few years that the Lord doesn't want us to just throw all of our problems at Him (although He loves to hear from us), but He wants us to know Him intimately, and to delight in knowing Him. He wants to be that friend that we run to with our problems, listen to for direction for our lives, but also know Him for who He is.

How do we get to know the Lord? There are many answers to that question, one is through reading His word, and also through prayer. There is something that I have done personally that has helped me to get to know Him so much more intimately.

A few years ago, I was going through some pretty rough waters, and not sure about what my future was going to hold. God allowed all these pressures in my life, so that I would realize that He is the only One that can supply my needs. But, there was one problem, I didn't really know who God was. Yes, I knew He was my Savior, but I needed to start taking the time to really know Him for who He is.
As the Lord began to draw me to Himself, He directed me to start reading through the Psalms. I would read 5 Psalms a day, reading on Day One: Psalm 1, 31, 61, 91 & 121 and so on throughout the month. I wrote down in my journal everything that the Lord is to me as a daughter of the King. It is amazing to realize that we have such a loving Father, who is our shield, friend, comfort, guide, help, strong tower, etc.

I began to write all these things out, and pray and thank the Lord for being everything that I had learned about Him that day. I also began a prayer list in the back of my journal, and had things written in there that were deep desires of my heart. Not only did I realize the need to make Him my true love, but I began to desire what His plans were for my life. The Lord began to work on me one by one with those things that I wanted to do with my life, and change me and shape me into what He wanted.

I know that I would not be serving in the place I am today, had the Lord not become so real to me during that time. The Lord is truly my Valentine, this year and forever, whether or not God brings the man into my life that He desires, the Lord will always be there for me. You might be saying "That's nice Heather, but if you only understood what I'm going through..." I will honestly say I probably don't, but I do know, as I have gone through deep waters of not knowing, or even being hurt by others, and many other things, that I do know One who has brought and is bringing me through it all, and is continuing to show Himself faithful.

There is a place in our lives that the Lord longs to fill with Himself. No man, woman, friend, or "prince charming" can ever fill that void, no matter how hard we try to make it work, it has to be totally Him.