Have you ever been in love? So in love that
the only one you could see is your beloved? The overwhelming feeling that
nothing else but the union of your beloved and yourself matters? Have you ever
groaned, waiting, hoping and watching for his arrival and dreamt of being in
his perfect embrace from which nothing can ever tear you away. Have you ever
felt that intimacy with Jesus? One thing becomes very clear in these times.
Nothing else matters.
I am a mother and my children are in very
different and challenging stages of their lives. My life is a cycle of meal
plans and preparations, entertaining my toddler, interactions with my preteen,
and tidying, feeding and social media for my social outlet. I have a husband
who works very hard for the well being of our family and our time together is
limited. This is the story for millions worldwide. In this wheel of life and
the daily cycle of the mundane and tedious, I have found a great joy. My lover.
My Lord, Jesus Christ.
He is always there. He promised me to be and
I know His word is as tangible as gravity, another word that he keeps. Oh how I
need Him and long to be in His arms however I seem to forget Him and what He
means to me quite too often. You see, the tedious and the mundane of this world
have a way of becoming obsessive and intrusive. The older I get I am convinced
that the obsessive and intrusive have no place in perfection. My lover is
perfection. He waits for me and then for a second I lift my head out of the
muddle of my world and there I see Him. Perfect in Love, Merciful and
forgiving. Never angry or condemning. Only welcoming and loving. My heart is
lifted! It leaps for joy because once again I have found my place in existence.
The place where I belong. In His arms. Oh how I love Him.
I will tell you about my lover. His love
for me is unique and unlike the love He has for others simply because in the
long list of flaws found in me, His love overcomes and makes me perfect as He
is. Spotless! Radiant! Reflecting only His glory! On my own, I resemble a lump
of coal buried so deep, irrelevant to all even to my self but then He searches
me out, finds me and takes hold of me and as He embraces me I begin to resemble
more and more that finished product that He has always predestined me to be.
What I will be when He appears. His ways are above everything. His wisdom is
endless and His love eternal. Joyously I am lost, hidden in Him.
There is no lack for those who love Him. He
is patient. He is gentle, loving and kind. He entreats you to give Him your
heart. He has already given all He is for you. Lift up your head because your
salvation draws near. My lover, my Lord is mighty in battle and the battle is
His!
As the curtain closes on this dark and
temporary abode, my eyes will see His glory and I am convinced that I will
forever be with the Lord, My Lover, My friend, my father and my everything. I
am His and He is mine. Oh how great is His love, mercy and gentleness.
Have you ever been so in love? Do you have
a lover like mine? He is perfect, beautiful, shining brighter then the sun. He
is Jesus, The Christ. Jesus Lives!
For You my Love
