Those familiar conversation hearts that show up every February can be more than just trite romantic or friendly sayings. Use them to remind you or others of the greatest love of all: God’s love for us, which empowers our love for others. For example:
 TRUE LOVE: What
love is truer than giving up one’s only Son so people might have everlasting life? (John 3:16).
 BE MINE: Jesus
knows us intimately, as a shepherd knows his sheep. No one can snatch us from him (John 10:27-29).
 FOREVER: God loves
us with an “everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3).
 LOVE ME: The
greatest commandment is to love God with our whole being (Luke 10:27).
 TRUST ME: “Let not
your hearts be troubled.” We can count on Jesus, now and for eternal life (John 14:1-3).
 SWEET TALK: God’s
words are sweeter than honey (Psalm 119:103).
 CALL ME: God longs
to be in fellowship with us. We can talk to him anytime in prayer (Jeremiah 33:3).
 FRIENDS: The
greatest love involves laying down your life for your friends (John 15:13) – precisely what Jesus did.
 #1: “We love because
[God] first loved us”
(1 John 4:19).