V-Day

Otherwise known as Valentine’s Day. Before I go into some detail as to why we won't celebrate that day, I must first say that I 100 percent agree that there is no reason to pick one day to show the person that you love them. It doesn't matter if it's a birthday, Anniversary, or Valentine's Day.

If you love someone, you show them each day because in truth, each day could be our last day. We can walk outside and get hit by a car. Each day if possible, try and tell those you love, that you love them. Don't waste time...

But some do show it on specific days. As for Valentine's day. Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says: “Valentine, St. A priest of Rome who was imprisoned for succouring persecuted Christians. He became a convert and, he was clubbed to death.

His day is 14 February. The ancient custom of choosing Valentines has only accidental relation to the saint, being essentially a relic of the old Roman Lupercalia or from association with the mating season of birds.

It was marked by the giving of presents and nowadays by the sending of a card on which cupids, transfixed hearts, etc., are depicted. And what does Cupid have to do with Valentine Day? The same source says: Cupid (Latin cupido, desire, love). The Roman god of love, identified with the Greek Eros.

He is usually represented as a beautiful winged boy, blindfolded, and carrying a bow and arrows. The World Book Encyclopedia gives further information, offering various theories on the origin of Valentine Day practices. “According to one story, the Roman Emperor Claudius II in the A.D. 200’s forbade young men to marry.

The emperor thought single men made better soldiers. A priest named Valentine disobeyed the emperor’s order and secretly married young couples. Many stories say that Valentine was executed on February 14 about A.D. 269.

In A.D. 496, Saint Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day.”
Regardless of the true origin of the practice, it is evident that it is rooted in ancient pagan beliefs and in Christendom’s listing of so-called “saints.” Valentine Day is also another excuse for commercial exploitation of an often uninformed public. Note: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

This is just a bit of why we don't celebrate it but as mentioned, love the ones you love daily.