I love Valentines Day! The history of St. Valentine inspires many to give selflessly to glorify the Savior.

This passage describes the care and beauty of the craftsmanship surrounding the ark of the covenant, with the solid gold mercy seat being the focus. It represented the precious life, death and resurrection of our Savior, Christ Jesus the LORD. The two cherubim “hide” the mercy seat under their wings and watchful gaze.

We may not be under Cupid’s gaze this Valentine’s Day but be sure that God’s care of our hearts is no less impactful.

The question is whether or not we are willing to see the beauty. Being transformed by God’s love is His intention for us. #control of the tongue means changed hearts 💕

If we are not dull, then we too can be changed for His glory. 🌹 (check out the additional passage in Matthew below- bold/ pictures added for emphasis)! -Teresa

Exodus 37:1-9 (ESV)

Making the Ark

37 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits^[a] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.² And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.³ And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. ⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold ⁵ and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ⁶ And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, ⁸ one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. ⁹ The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

Matthew 15:15-20 (NIV)

15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts-murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”