Christ's Valentines letter By ouma Patrick My Beloved, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Before the foundations of the earth were laid, I knew you. I formed you with care, breathed life into you, and called you by name. You are mine. I see your weariness, your searching hearts, your longing for peace in a world that so often feels unkind. I hear your silent cries, the prayers you whisper in the darkness, the burdens you carry alone. You were never meant to walk this path without me. Come, and let me give you rest. My love is not like the love of this world—it does not falter, it does not fade. It does not depend on your perfection, for I chose you in your weakness. I came not for the righteous, but for the broken, the weary, the lost. My arms remain open, no matter how far you have wandered. I bore the weight of your sin, your shame, your suffering, so that you would know freedom. Every stripe upon my back was ...