Pure love...

As a hopeless romantic, I can say that Valentine's Day is a favorite time of year for me. I love seeing all the cards, flowers, and candy lining the aisles of stores. But is that all Valentine's Day should be? A time to do and say all the things  that we really should be saying everyday of the year?  I hope not.

There is a song on the radio that talks about true love.  JJ Heller sings about a pure love that is not polluted by earthly views of beauty, materialism, or a record of rights versus wrongs. This is the kind of love we should be celebrating on Valentine's Day; this kind of love is pure passion.

He cries in the corner where nobody sees
He’s the kid with the story no one would believe
He prays every night, “Dear God won’t you please
Could you send someone here who will love me?”

Who will love me for me
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me
‘Cause nobody has shown me what love
What love really means

Her office is shrinking a little each day
She’s the woman whose husband has run away
She’ll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner
Then he would’ve stayed
And she says…

Who will love me for me?
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me?
‘Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means

He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone
He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul
“Oh Lord, forgive me, I want to go home”

Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside
And it said
“I know you’ve murdered and I know you’ve lied
I have watched you suffer all of your life
And now that you’ll listen, I’ll tell you that I...”

I will love you for you
Not for what you have done or what you will become
I will love you for you
I will give you the love
The love that you never knew