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History of Valentine's Day PDF Print E-mail

by Joyce Gale

 

heartsAround AD 270 in the day of the Roman Empire lived a Christian Priest named Valentine in the town of Terni in Umbria (Italy) at the time of Claudius 11. A pagan festival called Lupercalia (after the God Lupercus) was celebrated on the 15th February. It was believed Lupercus would keep the people healthy and protect them from wild wolves so the people sang and danced to keep the town safe.

Claudius 11 wanted to keep a strong hold over his soldiers as he felt married men made poor fighters, so he forbade them to marry. Valentine in deviance secretly married the soldiers and their loved ones. For this deed Valentine was caught and whilst in prison it was thought Valentine fell in love with the blind daughter of the jailer (Asterius).
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Be HIS - A Valentine's Devotion PDF Print E-mail

by LauraLee Shaw

 

I'll never forget receiving the candy hearts on Valentine's Day when I was in middle school. You know, the ones that taste a little bit like Pepto-Bismol? My friends and I would tear our little bitty envelopes open to see which hearts someone put inside with the generic card. Reading into every phrase, we fantasized of that special someone spending tireless efforts to make sure he delivered the perfect message and emotion to each of us. It was dreamy.

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Spiritual Dreams!!
Author: Shaila D Touchton

The Lord uses dreams for a variety of purposes. Spiritual dreams are God's sole prerogative, so we must always be ready. When they do come we need to quickly record them and then begin to pray for the interpretation.

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Ten TalentsCongratulations to Rosalie Hurd, B.S., and Frank J. Hurd, D.C., authors of A Good Cook...Ten Talents. Their book is a Silver Medal Winner in the Living Now Book of the Year Awards. Rosalie is one of our valued writers here at The Christian Women's Journal.  Visit www.tentalents.net for more information about their whole foods, healthy living cookbook!
 
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