I have tried all day to add a wedding picture to no avail-It certainly would have been a beautiful object lesson to these words but..... They are a beautiful couple inside and out. I've seen how they love, encourage, support, advocate and protect each other and how they whole-heartedly undergird each others gifts and passions.
A few friends were gathered together the other evening just sharing and enjoying community. A circle prayer ended a pleasant time. As we were praying,I was standing across from this couple and I remembered their wedding and how this beautiful bride beamed into the face of her beloved and how his face was awash with love and tenderness. What I am about to share is the glimpse that I caught in that moment. This may cause one to say "duh" but---I learned something new and hope I can communicate the same. This couples actions and interactions speak so much of love.And yet---how much more....God--
We are children of the most High God and We know we are the bride-elect of Jesus Christ .And that is "the who" but the snippet was of the "why role". Some had shared this during the evening about the authority that God gave man in the garden-to name and subdue.And that the reference on subdue interprets as "To act as managers who have the authority to run everything as God planned."
And now the "Bridegroom" has gone to a far country as the story goes.He's busy building us a Home so that we can be together forever.And meanwhile...
His bride-while missing him dearly spends time with him and beholds him daily because He is the center of her life, and carries on HIS business while he is away. She manages (as He would---in HIS stead) the people he has put in her life, the gifts he has endowed her with to do the tasks he has given her, the people he brings across her path and the provision he has provided for her. She is also learning to trust him realizing she is NOT alone as he is with her and will be her strength, refuge and stability when things are tough.
The ability "to walk this life out" is in the beholding of Him and the "listening to His guidance" . And the realization that she is "Partnering with Jesus-her Lover". She discovers and it is endearing to her that he "overshadows her with love and protection" and it delights her to find out that He sings over her. And her pathway is strewn with His favor and His blessings and His promises. He is faithful!
She firmly believes that one day they will be together forever and in the remembering.......the joy of looking on His face......the look in His eyes expressing HIS loving kindness to her (and all mankind) that is from everlasting to everlasting.
And then the intimate tone of His voice when she arrives at the marriage supper of the Lamb and He looks at us with a Love that we cannot even imagine or measure and with pride in His voice says "Well Done" I entrusted you with managing my ministry in the earth, and because I and my Beloved are one, people saw you but ultimately saw me and we pulled it off-together-WE DID GOOD!!!!!! Let's Par-TY!!!!!!
She firmly believes that one day they will be together forever and in the remembering.......the joy of looking on His face......the look in His eyes expressing HIS loving kindness to her (and all mankind) that is from everlasting to everlasting.
And then the intimate tone of His voice when she arrives at the marriage supper of the Lamb and He looks at us with a Love that we cannot even imagine or measure and with pride in His voice says "Well Done" I entrusted you with managing my ministry in the earth, and because I and my Beloved are one, people saw you but ultimately saw me and we pulled it off-together-WE DID GOOD!!!!!! Let's Par-TY!!!!!!
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