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.