So wedding season has started with a roar it seems. The roar which started in September of this year for me, will last until September of next year. Even on facebook, it seems as if every day someone new is getting engaged. With all this wedding commotion, I've just been thinking about the beauty of a wedding- how anxious the bride and groom are for their special day, all the planning and preparation that goes into getting everything and the grandness of the celebration in its entirety. Here are some of the thoughts that have crossed my mind while pondering the topic of weddings. (Please excuse the randomness of the thoughts, hopefully you'll find that common thread of thought that will tie this whole post together):
Can you imagine the wedding that will take place when Christ our King returns for the Church, His bride? Can you imagine how He must be longing for that day? All the preparation that is taking place, all the majesty and splendor it will have. It is the wedding of a King! A kingdom rejoices when the King gets married! Wait, am I a bride fit for a King? Brides look SO beautiful on their wedding day- clothed in perfect white, not a hair out of place, just perfect. The King has already given me my white robe to wear. He paid for my robe with his blood! The love story between Christ and the Church. He loves and paid for her with his life, she willingly submits to His leadership. While the Church is on earth, He asks her to remember Him and live for Him. While Christ is in heaven preparing a place for his bride, the bride is asked to prepare a place for Him in the hearts of those on earth.
How beautiful that day will be! When the bride is united with her husband to be!
Weddings are so much more beautiful when one looks past the flowers and formalities- when one steps outside of the view of surroundings and beautifully decorated venues to gaze at what the marriage actually symbolizes- the union of Christ to the Church.
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:5-8
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Consumed.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (KJV)
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. (NIV) Lamentations 3:22
This verse has been on my heart for the past, I don't even know how long. It's been on my mind and heart for over three weeks now. The verse just strikes me as beautiful. If you were to ask me within the past three weeks what is beauty, I would probably reply- It is because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed. I don't know about you but I find a bit of irony in this verse. I see the LORD's great love..and then I see me being not consumed. We are always so quick to say God is Love. But where I fail to spend a good amount of time is on the reality that Hebrews 12:29 so vividly brings to our attention- for our God is a consuming fire. God could very well think about destroying my sinful self right now and I would vanish into thin air- never to exist again. But because of His Mercy. because of His Love. I am not consumed.
When I think about a sinful creature like me, I'm awestruck with wonder at how beautifully His holiness and love worked together on the cross. His love for me didn't overpower his hatred of sin. He fulfilled both in one transaction. How awesome is our God.
Once again,
Because of His Mercy. because of His Love. I am not consumed.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. (NIV) Lamentations 3:22
This verse has been on my heart for the past, I don't even know how long. It's been on my mind and heart for over three weeks now. The verse just strikes me as beautiful. If you were to ask me within the past three weeks what is beauty, I would probably reply- It is because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed. I don't know about you but I find a bit of irony in this verse. I see the LORD's great love..and then I see me being not consumed. We are always so quick to say God is Love. But where I fail to spend a good amount of time is on the reality that Hebrews 12:29 so vividly brings to our attention- for our God is a consuming fire. God could very well think about destroying my sinful self right now and I would vanish into thin air- never to exist again. But because of His Mercy. because of His Love. I am not consumed.
When I think about a sinful creature like me, I'm awestruck with wonder at how beautifully His holiness and love worked together on the cross. His love for me didn't overpower his hatred of sin. He fulfilled both in one transaction. How awesome is our God.
Once again,
Because of His Mercy. because of His Love. I am not consumed.
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