Extending Valentines Day

	Valentines Day, Feb. 14, every year, sweethearts send cards, eat dinner out 
and remind each other how much they are in love.
What happens on Feb. 15th?  Is it back to the daily grind of work,harsh 
words, shopping, meal preparation, shuttling the kids back and forth to 
lessons, only to fall into bed exhausted from the day's activities?  It is 
not surprising that we have angry drivers,unhappy children, frustration 
instead of joy.  Remember when you were free, of responsibility, bills, 
school?  How did you feel each day?  You were probably a loving little 
kid!  Kisses and hugs freely given, even after fighting with your friends 
or siblings.

	One day a year to be reminded to love one another is not enough!  Showing 
love to the unlovable, intolerant, rejected, is the way of Christian life. 
What must happen to love another unconditionally? .  Only Christ, with His 
substitutionary death on the cross can offer the total forgiveness and 
freedom that one can have to love God, and to  love another.  He loves us 
unconditionally.  When we experience that kind of love, to our heavenly 
Father, we then are able to express unconditional love to those around 
us.  When the verticle is wrong, the horizontal is also wrong.  Fix, the 
verticle relationship with God and the horizontal relationship with 
mankind, family, yes, even your mother-in- law will improve.

	The Taiwanese Presbyterian Church believes in unconditional forgiveness and 
love of Jesus Christ. No other religion offers total forgiveness of sins, 
past present and future.  When loving others is difficult the Holy Spirit 
of God gives the ability to love that person unconditionally.  Valentines 
Day may just be a date on the calendar, but for Christians, it is an 
everyday event.

	We love, because He first loved us.