Valentine's Day Blog
- Scrolla
- Feb 14
- 2 min read
Every year, Valentine’s Day invites us to think about love — not the glittery, picture‑perfect version we see in films, but the kind that actually shapes our lives. The kind that stretches, forgives, hopes, and stays.
Recently, I found myself thinking about a line from Hamilton, sung by Leslie Odom Jr. in the song “Wait for It.” He sings:
“Love doesn’t discriminate…”
It’s only a fragment of the full lyric, but even that small piece carries a truth that echoes far beyond the stage. As a Christian, those words hit me in a way that feels both personal and deeply theological.
Love That Doesn’t Sort Us Into “Good Enough” and “Not Enough”
Scripture tells us plainly that “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” God didn’t wait for us to become saints. He didn’t divide the world into the worthy and the unworthy. His love moved first.
That’s why that lyric resonates — it mirrors the heart of the Gospel. God’s love doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t hesitate. It doesn’t hold back until we’ve earned it.
It simply is.
Love That Endures Our Humanity
The song talks about the way love weathers our laughter, our tears, our mistakes. And isn’t that the truth of every real relationship?
We break sometimes. We heal sometimes. We grow, we stumble, we try again.
Human love is imperfect, but it’s also resilient. And when we choose to love someone through their humanity — not in spite of it — we reflect the patience described in 1 Corinthians 13, the kind of love that “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Love That Waits
One of the most powerful ideas in the song is the willingness to wait — not passively, but faithfully.
Waiting is one of the hardest expressions of love. It requires trust. It requires surrender. It requires believing that the person you love is worth the uncertainty, the time, the vulnerability.
In the Christian life, waiting is needed into everything. We wait on God. We wait for healing. We wait for answers. We wait for the right timing, the right person, the right season.
To wait for someone or to wait with someone is an act of faith.
This Valentine’s Day
Maybe love for you right now looks like patience. Maybe it looks like forgiveness. Maybe it looks like choosing to stay. Maybe it looks like trusting God with the desires of your heart, even when the timeline feels unclear.
Whatever form it takes, real love — the kind that reflects Christ — is steady. It’s brave. It’s willing to wait.
And sometimes, like the song reminds us, that willingness is the most beautiful expression of love we can offer.
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