Snapshots of a Christ-Focused Wedding III

This morning yet another one came to mind:

Godly weddings are meaningful moments to give us a glimpse of God’s love for us.

Really, if you could have seen the way he looked at her.  To him, she hung the moon.  Beauty began and ended with her, and his delight in her knew no bounds.  When he rose to address the wedding guests, he spoke of his WIFE with exaggerated emphasis, looking for opportunities to use the word:  she was his now, for as long as they both shall live, and he wanted to proclaim it to everyone present.  Of course, we the wedding guests loved it, and reveled in his obviously passionate joy over her.  Delighted laughter each time he italicized-bolded-underlined the word by his inflection.

This—THIS—is how Christ thinks of us??  His bride, His gift, His beloved?  I don’t know about you, but after seeing that wedding, I have a challenging time believing that this is how God looks at me in Christ.  But this is the picture He has given us, that we might know how He thinks of us.  Because of the covering of Christ.  Because of what He accomplished on the Cross and through the Resurrection.  I do believe in an entire lifetime we could never grasp the sheer beauty, the overwhelming magnitude, of this Reality—our reality—our eternal Marriage. 

This morning, I read this:  “For the Lord delights in you…as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”  Isaiah 62:3

 

And this: “We will greatly rejoice in the Lord, our soul shall be joyful in our God;  for He has clothed us with the garments of salvation, he has covered us with the robes of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with jewels.  For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth.”  Isaiah 61:10-11

And a favorite of mine:  “The Mighty One will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”  Zeph. 3:17

This is True.  This is our Reality Check.  This is our eternal significance, this our Love Story.