Beautiful Bride

Most females don't look in the mirror and feel beautiful. I am one of them.  We (females) end up searching the world for someone to call us beautiful, someone to comment on our looks. That's why we wear some of the crazy things we wear!  To be noticed, because deep down, there is a little girl crying out her dreams.  She wants to be beautiful, some day she wants to be a bride, to have kids and to live happily ever after.  (These four dreams I have gotten from Beth Moore's book Breaking Free, but I am sharing my view.)

I remember having those dreams, but if we really think about it-we still have those same dreams! One of my friends recently got married; her marriage is a beautiful symbol of true love.  It brought back those dreams and hopes of one becoming a beautiful bride.  And it also reminded me that I am nowhere near ready to be a bride for an earthly man; I'm still preparing myself for my Prince.

Right now my dreams are the same, but right now they take on a totally different meaning! 

I yearn to live happily ever after in a place far more beautiful than we can even imagine!
(1 Corinthians 2:9 ~ No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.)

I dream to have children of my own, whether they are mine or adopted. I may or may not be able to have children of my own, but I rest secured that I will be an influence on someone because of the path God has made for me.

I want to be beautiful, not because someone tells me, but because I am so In Love with Christ that I can't help but to see His beauty in me. (Song of Songs 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.)

And lastly I want to be his bride, I want to begin preparing myself for him.  The one who came to earth to Die for Me. (and you too of course) But that is the kind of love He showed me, I want to show Him my love in return.

Song of Songs is a very intimate book.  It is between the "beloved" and her "lover."  It is our example of Christ with the church.  In Ephesians 5:22-33, it talks about husbands and wives duty to each other.  (v. 25 Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her) That is how intimate our relationship with Christ should be.  No matter if we are male or female, we are the bride of Christ.  We are not His "wives" but his "brides." Why are we brides? Because although we will spend eternity with Him, we will remain fresh and new.  Our relationship with Him should never become "old and crusty."

To be a bride of Christ, is to be willing to follow Him wherever He may lead me! And that is where I will go.

The Woman at the Well

John 4:7-15
 (11) "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep.  Where can you get this living water? 912) Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank form it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?" (13) Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, (14) but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.  Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."(15) The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."

I need a fresh taste of the living water, I don't need to go back to the well that draws me in but yet habit is so hard to break.  I took that big drink of living water.  God "lead [me] into the desert and [spoke] tenderly to [me]" Hosea 2:14  and it was a beautiful place; a place I want to stay!

Growing up is a funny kind of thing.  You learn where to draw the line and stand up for who you are.  And when that time comes to take that first very big step, its scary, intimidating, almost terrifying. Because - it means you're becoming an adult.  But I have a feeling that once that first big step is made, each tough step after may become a little less intimidating.  I don't mean there wont be horrifying ones, I mean, that you will know that you can.

"If God is for us, then WHO can be against us?" Romans 8:31

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes us with groans that words cannot express." Romans 8:26

Breakthrough

I'm starting this blog, because I have a lot to say, to let out.  I have been through many struggles in these first 20 years of my life. Some of which I have brought on myself and some of which life has just given me.  But through it all I have had to grow up, I have had to learn from mistakes and hardships.  I wouldn't change anything that has happened, good or bad, because I wouldn't be who I am today.  I don't necessarily like who I am every day, but I'm getting there.  But one thing has been solid, one thing has held me together when I felt like falling apart would just be easiest.  That One thing...Is God.  He has helped me breakthrough my captivity of my past.


The definition of a <breakthrough> is : an offensive thrust that penetrates and carries beyond a defensive line in warfare; an act or instance of breaking through an obstacle; a sudden advance especially in knowledge or technique; a person's first notable success.


My "Breakthrough" was when God spoke to my heart.  Therefore, now I am going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.  Hosea 2:14.   
And that is exactly what he has done.




Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You.  Show me the way I should go, for to you, I lift up my soul.  Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in you.  Teach me to do your will for you are my God, may your good spirit lead me on level ground.
                                                                    ~Psalm 143:8-10~