Daily Devotional – 2/14/13 “Don’t let today ruin tomorrow!”

Yea, it’s Valentine’s Day but it has always been God’s day so start by thanking Him. Now, before your attitude gets rude because you didn’t get what you wanted for Valentine’s Day, sit back and think about the things that your spouse or significant other do every other day of the year. See, love should be shown EVERY DAY and not just today. Yea, it is set aside to show your love but don’t allow what you didn’t get today to ruin what you might get tomorrow. And before you get bent out of shape, know that the bible says in Ephesians 4:26-27, “And don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.”

While you are being jealous over the things other folk got, you don’t know the hell they’ve been through to get it. You’re mad about the roses your coworker got but they could be for the beating she had to endure last night. You’re upset because you didn’t get a new ring like she did but you didn’t see the struggle her marriage overcame from this time last year. You’re mad at your husband because he didn’t go all out for you but did you go all out for him? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy holidays just like everyone else but I’m not materialistic. I don’t have to have the roses delivered to my job because they’ll soon die. I don’t need a box of chocolates that will add a few more pounds to the ones I’m trying to lose. I don’t need a teddy bear that will sit and collect dust and I definitely don’t need a balloon from my husband as a way to show his love. Did he buy me things, yes but he also knows that I would have been just fine without anything because I am not wanting for nothing! All I’m saying is, if your spouse or significant other has been a constant in your life this past year and they give and show love every other day, don’t lose focus in the worldly mess of today.