YoungLife and Valentine's Day.

For those of you who don't know, I'm involved in a little something I call YoungLife. It's an outreach program to bring people into Jesus. If it's not your kind of thing, that's cool, but it's mine and I love it. I have such great friends there and I thoroughly enjoy it. Some of my favorite memories have happened at a YoungLife camp or in Club.
Tonight was our first Club-get together for everyone where we play games and listen to music and talk about Jesus and stuffs- since the last semester, and I think it went awesomely. We had to move to a new facility since last semester, but I really liked this facility; it allowed for more hangout and relaxation. We, as leaders (I'm a leader) got to fellowship some with a dinner and discussion, and I really liked this new change. Our leader, Kevin, was really right in the idea that food will bring people together when it comes to having a good time. I'm so blessed that we have such a great group of people committed to this Club. I have some of my closest people there, and they aren't the teenagers--they are the 30ish-year-olds.
Anyhow, Club was about love, and it made me think. Today's Valentine's Day, right? I mean, it's a day where a lot of people spend money on their significant other, trying to "prove" their love. It's also a day where people mourn their lack of lovers. I don't think we should take this approach. 1: Valentine's Day has Christian origins which you can read here: Origins of Valentine's Day. 2: Valentine's Day should not be a day where you try and "prove" your love. Yes, it's awesome that you got your girlfriend a Teddy-Bear, and it's really sweet, but it's more than that. We should show the people, romantically or not, that we love them every single day. You don't need one day to show love. Love is about you and others, and it's not needing to be filled with chocolates and diamonds.
In YoungLife, we talked about God's love (Jesus' love, actually). We are supposed to show love all of the time. We are supposed to be these examples of Christ, in turn, becoming examples of love. We are to love and let love in.
So tonight/today, don't let not having a boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband/fiance/other get you down. You need to enjoy love for what it is. It's being there for someone when they need it most. Telling them who they are to their face. And that's what YoungLife did today. I hope that someone got something out of it. I really hope that people try to let Valentine's Day be a day to love honestly, not superficially. There's nothing better than a truthful kind of love.
Oh, and I did a vlog on my YouTube about Valentine's Day which you can watch here.

Enjoy your day/night/in-between.