My Valentine's Day

This photograph is full of light in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Homeless live below the trees and the sounds of vehicles and fumes fill the air from I-5. Seattle City Housing is located on the other side, and the trauma hospital is in front on Ninth Avenue.

I wrote a piece on the Living Stones Ministries Rock On! blog for Valentine’s Day, titled, “Who was St. Valentine?” at http://livingstonesministriesrockon.blogspot.com/2017/02/who-was-st-valentine.html. The sky was dark over Seattle and rain poured down on Valentine’s Day. St. Valentine epitomizes light and love. How can I shed some light and share some love? I packed up hand knitted hats and new tube socks and handed them out to those in need on warmth. (And more than 100 were handed out.)  My Valentine’s was living the scripture: Love your neighbor as yourself. – Mark 12:31 (NIV)  I stood at the top of the wet concrete stairs and residents from down below and from the housing came for hats and socks. There’s nothing like loving your neighbor.