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Jesus chose for Himself
a bride
to be His once for
all eternity wife,
But His choice proved ungodly,
and the wedding bells
He longed
to hear as yet were not going to ring.
Jesus loves His bride without
end,
adoring her as He
would His own body,
Even though she was unfaithful,
and the first dance
He so wanted
to dance would not as yet be seen.
Jesus wants to cleanse His
bride's
soiled reputation,
to be without stain,
Though the world knows well
her sin,
He was willing to
do whatever it took
to present
her without blemish again.
Jesus wants to covenant
with His
bride, promises they
both will keep,
Despite a long history of
failing to
hold up her end of
previous bargains,
slipping
a ring on her finger has to wait.
Jesus' bride*
is us, my brothers and
sisters true, we
are His holy church,
And He is determined to
prepare us
to walk the long
aisle to the altar there,
wearing
only wedding white, most pure.
1 Peter 2:9
Ephesians 1:4, 22, 23
Ephesians 5:22, 25, 29
Colossians 1:18, 24
Revelation 13:8, 19:7-9,
21:2
Isaiah 54:5
John 14:1-3
Mark 10:45
*inspired
by the writing of David Mathis
and Susan Geringer |
