Beloved

a repost from Reylandier

BELOVED
the One Jesus Loves...


NIV Hosea 3:1
The LORD said to me, "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes." 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. 3 Then I told her, "You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will live with you."

though we have become as prostitutes, chased after many lovers, ran after things that offered yet temporal pleasures..

He sees us...
our past... our present... and future.
yet He allures us... He shows His love towards us.
Comforts us... and though we still find pleasure in the arms of another lover.
He allures us... betroths us to Him.
He just won't stop wooing us.

The Lord has bought us from this world... not by gold nor silver but by the priceless blood of His beloved son, Jesus.
We lost our lives, but He gave up His, for us.

He has bought us, clothe us in white...
we are in union with Him...
the mortal married to the Immortal...
the finite, one with the Infinite...

This is our destiny.
There is no escape.

From the side of Adam, Eve came forth.
and from the Pierced Side of Jesus, His Bride (the church) came forth.
So Stunning. So perfect.

This is who WE ARE..
The BRIDE of Christ..

:)


BELOVED
Tenth Avenue North

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need
Give me your life
The lust and the lies
The past you're afraid I might see

You've been running away from me..

You're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
Our love will unite us
It binds you to me
It's a mystery

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need
I'm the Giver of Life
I'll clothe you in white
My immaculate bride you will be

Come running home to me..

You're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
Our love will unite us
It binds you to me
It's a mystery

You've been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers, it won't satisfy
Won't you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips
And you'll taste new life..