A Very Special Valentine's Day

This Valentine’s Day, the brothers put on a grand hoopla for us sisters. They told us to dress up formally and wait for them at one of the sister’s homes. This would turn out to be an elegant occasion. Three of the brothers showed up. They were dressed formally with suits and ties. They brought a vase full of white tulips. They gave each of us a white tulip to hold. They told us how we represent the tulips. The white was for the purity of Christ, the green stem was for the life of Christ in us.

Then they took a picture of all of us so we would remember this evening. They escorted us to another house. We waited outside. What would happen was a surprise. We had no idea. They told us that there was an artist in town. And he had opened up his art gallery to us. Finally, the doors opened and we walked in. There was a tour guide who escorted us into the house. The first stop was an exhibit: A tree in a potted plant. It had on it a poem that talked about what each of us sisters represented to the Lord. The poem equated us to different parts of the tree. We found pictures of each of us sisters put on the leaves. It was very moving.

At each exhibit, several of the brothers were role playing, telling each other what the exhibits were about. They stayed in character the whole time. They were in an art museum.

The next exhibit was a collage of brothers holding pieces of a sign. Each sign contained a word. The words together spelled out a romantic poem that expressed Christ’s love for His church. 

The next exhibit was a heart put in a frame. A big red heart. Cut out in the middle of the heart was a man and a woman holding hands. Inside the man were all the brothers’ faces in the church cut out to make a collage that made up the image of the man. Inside the image of the woman were all the sisters faces cut out to make a collage . To top it off, there were rays of color radiating out of the heart, pink, green and blue - pink for Lord’s love, green for His joy, and blue for his life. The man and the woman represented Christ and His Bride.

The last exhibit was a huge mirror. It was hanging and suspending from the ceiling. Above the mirror said "the Bride". The tour guide had us all stand in front of the mirror, and he angled it so that all the sisters saw themselves in the mirror. They pointed out that on the mirror itself  was a stain of red. It represented the stain of the blood of Christ. And the verse, "now we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face" was placed above it. This was so very touching for us all.

Once the tour was over, we were escorted outside the home. Two brothers came out and serenaded us. One had a guitar and they both sang a song they wrote. They redid the song, "Even though we ain’t got money, I’m so in love with you honey." They rewrote the lyrics to say how much they loved us in Christ.

They video taped it. And they sang more songs to us.

Then they invited us to come inside the house again. The room was transformed into a restaurant. They had long tables with a white cloth and elegant place settings. They used fine china with gold edging. The silverware matched. They used crystal glasses. They told us to sit every other person to leave room for them so they could sit by us later. They imported this organic gourmet butter that was tremendous.

The brothers had prepared a lavish meal for us, and they waited on us sisters. Then they sat down to eat with us. The brothers did all the cooking. All four courses. It was gourmet food. Two different brothers serenaded us again while we ate. 

That night our brothers honored us sisters. And they outdid themselves. They made us feel so special and so loved. They treated us like queens just as Christ treats His Bride. We will never forget this day.

Published 2006