4. Valentine Message

In case you don't think you have a Valentine this year, listen up ... because there's an invitation waiting with your name on it.

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This special episode is for the women that don't believe they have a Valentine this year. And it's also for the women still chasing approval from people when God has already said, you are enough. So let's be clear: of course, there's room for improvement, there's room for growth, but your worth isn't something other people get to vote on. When I stopped chasing love from people that really didn't have meaningful love to give, I started building a real relationship with Jesus. And that helped me to stop dreading Valentine's Day, my birthday, and most of the holidays. And I really want that peace and that joy for you too. Jesus can love the loneliness out of you because he did for me. He's given me so much courage. I call it Holy Spirit courage. And he's given me purpose and a deeper love for people, especially the people pleasers who just keep on giving and still don't feel chosen. What I want you to know though is that you are chosen. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. That's Psalm 139, 14. Jesus is not asking you for a religion, a check the box, do this, do that, transactional kind of love. He's inviting you into a relationship. Some of you don't need another situation ship. You need to learn how to receive love. That can be very foreign to many of us that didn't grow up in very nurturing homes. So receiving love from God and from safe people is something that we might need to learn how to do. And it was very foreign for me as well. But when I do feel God's love, I call it a God wink, I feel it in my spirit. And I usually cry a little bit, maybe out of gratitude, maybe out of just being touched somehow in my spirit by the God of this whole universe. So if you're wondering, okay, so how do I deepen my relationship with Jesus? Simply by reading his word. I like the short little books, Colossians, Galatians, Ephesians. Those are great little books to read as to start with as well. And then pray, not formal prayers or fancy prayers, but talk to him like you talk to a friend. You would talk, you would ask questions to a friend, and you would listen. Same thing with Jesus. So here's what I want you to do for Valentine's Day. I want you to buy yourself the chocolate and the flowers if that's what your heart desires, or maybe even make a special meal for yourself. You could consider taking yourself out on a solo date if that sounds fun. I just want you to do something that says, I'm loved, because the God who created the entire universe loves you like you have never been loved before. He has a perfect love which casts out our fear. That's 1 John 4.18. And you are chosen. That's 1 Peter 2.9. So you do have a Valentine this year. You are enough. You have been chosen. So the question is are you going to accept his invitation to be his Valentine? I hope you do. See you next time. More resources at https://www.rhondamorales.com