Happy Expectations Day!
This seems to be a day filled with expectations of loved ones, merely because someone declared it a holiday. A day filled with a lot of empty fluff instead of focusing on the meaning and reason for its beginning!

Today marks the death of a man by the name Valentine. This man died because he believed in marriage, family and that the legal system did not have a right to dictate either of them! He believed that marriage was worth fighting for and giving your life for. That it was created under God, not the Government!

This should be a day to remind us to fight for our families and marriages and not the let the tyranny of the urgent destroy what should be the most urgent instead of spending today grabbing a last minute stuffed bear, chocolates, or some flowers. Don’t get me wrong these things aren’t bad, but merely worthless if you have to be reminded by Hallmark how and when you’re supposed to show your love for someone.

We should spend today fighting for our families and marriages instead of grabbing desperately for something or someone to replace them, even if that feels better or is more convenient at the time! That is not what this holiday is about. It is as much a celebration for "singles" as it is for the married; it is about being married and having a family as well as being IN a family!

"Singles" today, instead of looking around and seeing what you think you don’t have, why don’t you look again and see what you do have! It is a day to be grateful your parents had you and that you don’t live in a country where they regulate how many children your parents could have or who could even get married! Don’t take marriage and relationships lightly, it is a lifelong commitment that once you have made it you will never be the same after, for better or for worse relationships will affect you and though legally divorce is an option, you can’t divorce the effects of it and memories can NEVER be removed. You can never un-ring the bell so don’t rush up and ring it unless you know it is your bell and your time to ring it!  

Couples, whether your marriage is wonderful or falling apart, remember it is a blessing and a choice and an example of God’s love to us. It is a blessing that it is even an option to be allowed to marry, unlike in Valentine’s era, where you could have faced death or imprisonment.   

To all, may we be grateful for what we have and never treat it lightly; love to anyone is a daily choice and aren’t we glad God chose to love us and send His son to die for us!

Sincerely,

Just Another Single