Happy Valentine's Day!

 Never underestimate 
the power of prayer 
      and a pretty cup!  
(read below the Power of Saint Valentines
 Prayers in Ancient Rome .....)

        

 





(Don’t worry, even though I am sure it is 5:00 somewhere….. 
 this is just Hawaiian Punch in a crystal goblet - doesn't everybody sip it that way?) 

The punch is for the kid’s Valentines party later in the day…..but first I needed a little intervention...

     Enter... devotion time....and a little love song...



So how do I link valentines day, Randy Travis and God?  easy... 
I'm gonna love HIM forever and ever....AMEN! 

 

God wants to be your Valentine too!

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
 

We had so much fun making our valentines.  While I love the idea of the PERFECT valentines we found online (you know the ones the moms make- I'm guilty)…. This morning I let go of control and let the kids create their own version of what we found….we had to improvise with some of our materials...  but that's how you become a true master of invention....right?

That's been my plan lately, we find something on Pinterest and then the kids run with it using what ever they can find around the house…  while it makes the house a LITTLE messy and me A LITTLE crazy that it doesn’t turn out just like the picture… I know they are learning more than if I purchase every item at the store.... and more than if I stay up all night making stuff for them...  

Thomas Edison (The Wizard of Menlo Park) had an entire factory devoted to inventions and making other peoples inventions even better.....) did you know he would lock his employees in sometimes until they completed an invention!..... i would never do that...aghemmmm.....   
Here are a few of our favorite Valentine inventions and remakes…

                      Flower                              You are Super Valentine!

airplane

Butterfly

Do you like the wings of the airplane?  We didn't have any sticks of gum so we cut Dentine in half.  The wheels are round melting chocolate..  The flower is a sandwich cookie with Smarties "glued" and a smartie hooked to the bottom.  We just melt a little chocolate to use for glue we can eat.  melt slowly in microwave and hold object till dry.

SPEAKING OF THE POWER OF PRAYER....Saint Valentine was a Prayer Warrior!
We get excited about little things around here….  you know things like our holds coming in at the library!!!  Last night we stopped to pick up some holds including the Saint Valentine

book that we reserved last month and totally forgot about.   
I guess the Holy Spirit wanted us to have it today.

Saint Valentine, 
retold and illustrated
by Robert Sabuda  

It was a good story. 

             Good History. - Rome

                   Good Art Work. - mosaic   

                             Good Citizenship. - helped the poor

                                      Good Lesson. - Prayer works!

                                                Good Day!

You can find Saint Valentine the book here.








After reading John 3:16 we went around the table and shared in a thankfulness prayer all the ways God shows us his love…. You know, he shows it in the love our friends express in the valentines they give us.  He shows his love by putting special people in our lives.  Thank you God for showing us your love!   

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

 1 Corinthians 10:31

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.