This picture is from a Thai wedding that we were invited to on our last mission trip. It is considered a high honor in their culture for us as "visitors" to be able to attend. And let me just tell you, we were treated like Kings in this family's home. As part of the ceremony, we all lined up to go forward and pray and offer our blessings to the newlyweds. The tradition is for all guests to tie a string around both of their wrists, thus binding the happy couple together forever.
"Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Rev 21:2
As I sit here remembering the endearing couple from this wedding ceremony, I can't help but think about the majestic beauty shown to us in Revelations. I love the glorious imagery portrayed with Jesus as the bridegroom coming to get His bride. And what I can never hear enough is that we will be with Him forever. Bound because of His love and His sacrifice so that we may be His forever. Fettered to Him with an unbreakable, scarlet thread.
The wedding feast is being prepared and the bridegroom is getting ready for His return.
But is the bride ready?
The mansions are being prepared and the songs of praise are in the air.
I wonder if Jesus is pacing the floors of heaven. Is He asking His father, "Is it time? Can I go get her?"
I am sure our Father in heaven is smiling. For only He knows... but what a wedding day that will be.
“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'" Matt 25:6
Amen.
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