There are two young sisters who are dear friends of mine, as is their mother. This morning, I collected a few things I had been saving for them and put them in a sweet Victorian Valentine note card and sent them in a mail. I wanted to remember this one part of the note even for my own encouragement, so I’m making an entry in my blog with the excerpt. I hope that it is of encouragement to you, too!

This month, I’m sure you will have fun at school making Valentines and thinking about love and what it means.

The Bible says in 1 John 4:19, “We love because He first loved us.” Who is the “He” referring to?

1 John 4 and 1 Corinthians 13 are two places in the Bible that talk a lot about love. We learn from reading them that unless we have love for people – unconditional love, as Jesus loved us – that even the nicest things we do for them are meaningless.

We can show love to everyone, even people who are mean, because we remember that God loved us even when were were His enemy.

Pretty cool, huh?

I hope you girls are having a lovely day!

Much love,
Your Friend,
Sarah Joy Albrecht