Ladies and gentlemen, now is the time to start walking in a New Dimension Faith…Hope…Love. (Scripture of Reference 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, BSB)

1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body,a but have not love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Valentine’s Day is less than a week a way, and love is in the air, but statistics have proven that just about as many relationship fall prey to the chivalry as is fostered and established by it. If you are in a relationship that is tepid at best, check the pulse and make sure that love — and not just life — still exists withing the confines of your home, your heart, and theirs, because as T.D. Jakes puts it “Many men just go home because that’s where they change their clothes.” As for women, many of them come home to shake the money tree, and as long as what falls out don’t jingle, they don’t care…but there is still hope, because success is failure turned inside out…and where there is life, there is liberty, where there is liberty, opportunity abounds, where opportunity abounds grace intercedes, where grace intercedes, mercy endures, where mercy endures, God provides, where God provides, there is no need. However, if the heartstrings have been stretched to the point of being severed beyond repair and a Do Not Resuscitate sign hangs visible over their side of the bed, then be wise and recognize, trying to resurrect that dead thing aint gonna be worth the price of the pump or the pain….pick yourself up, dust yourself, off…and start all over again, first looking unto Jesus, who is the author and finisher of your faith, yielding all your members to him and trusting your good judgment to heeding his words, and having your ears attuned to the sound of his voice…then arise, and do the next thing…Take Inventory of Self (seriously), focusing more on your self-worth than your net worth. Once you have a keen understanding of who you are (in yourself, and with Christ alone), then you are ready to go into the field and glean behind the reapers…There’s great benefit to that, because most people dive into a relationship face first and are greatly deceived by the cunning deception of beauty that is vain and glory that has not been earned, but you get the best vantage point from behind…because hindsight is 20/20, and it is in looking back and making essential changes that you reclaim surrendered ground, so be mindful of those who start dropping handfuls on purpose (Ruth 2:7-15) because that means they are mindful of your needs and bear the seeds of your future…(Ruth 4:15).