waiting for a wedding

"Come, let us return to the LORD. 

He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us;

he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

After two days he will revive us; 

on the third day he will restore us, 

that we may live in his presence.

Let us acknowledge the LORD; 

let us press on to acknowledge him. 

As surely as the sun rises, 

he will appear; 

he will come to us..."  

Hosea 6:1 - 3

May the Lord tear us to pieces in His own way. May we learn to lie down so that He might walk in us. May we trust Him enough with our wounds to allow Him to heal them. 

May He burn you with His breath as you read these words. May He come and call you to a life that is nothing of you and everything of Him. 

May we press on to serve Him, to proclaim His name to the ends of the earth. For we know that "as surely as the sun rises", our Lord is coming for us. He has not forgotten His Bride, and He eagerly awaits the time when He can take her away.

I am waiting for a wedding. My bride-price is paid, and so I wait (though, not idly) for my Husband to redeem me.

He will revive me, He will restore me, and I will live in His presence forever. 

Amen to that.