OWEN WEDDLE
Good morning! I am Owen Weddle, the Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist.
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you, couples and singles alike. People are buying cards and gifts today to celebrate a day dedicated to
romantic love.
While that type of love is certainly a good thing, the story and legends surrounding St. Valentine rises above just romantic love. As the story
goes, St. Valentine spent his life helping other Christians. At one time, the Roman Empire forbade soldiers from being married, thinking that
married men did not make good soldiers. St. Valentine put himself in danger and helped many Christian soldiers secretly get married. But,
beyond that, in the end, though, he was persecuted for being a Christian and he never went back on his faith.
We idealize the romance, but St. Valentine's was committed to helping others to his faith to the point of death. Romance is good, but the love
of all people and God is a higher goal for the Christian tradition. And that is the legend of St. Valentine.
May God bless you!
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