Today is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, which is a season of reflection and often fasting as we prepare our hearts to celebrate the events of Good Friday and Easter Valentine’s Day began as the Feast of St. Valentine, who was martyred in the third century for defying the Roman Emperor Claudius by promoting Christian marriage over service in the Imperial army As you celebrate this day with your friends and family, remember that this world and all that is in it is temporary. Scripture says this about the creation and fall of man: Genesis 2:7 (NLT) Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. Genesis 3:19 (NLT) By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return. But while we are here, we are called to l...
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