The Engagement

Last night I heard a wonderful analogy about our relationship to Jesus that I thought was worthy of passing on.(Thanks Jamie) =) How many of you remember your engagment to your spouse? Remember how excited you were? Remember all the time you spent preparing for the big day? I remember being giddy and goofy in excitment and anticipation. Ladies, remember looking for hours in bride magazines? My heart is light and overjoyed when I think about it. Well. . . we, as the bride of Christ, are engaged to our Lord Jesus right now! Why shouldn't we be even more excited about this engagement than our engagement to our spouse? We should be preparing for the big Wedding Feast of meeting Jesus face to face today, right now! If we could spend hours and hours and months and months preparing for our physical wedding, how much more should we prepare ourselves for our spiritual wedding? And as Lisa pointed out, we should be inviting others to come to the wedding feast, just like you sent out invitations to your own. So get ecstatic!!!! You're engaged to the King of Kings!!!!!!!!!! WOW! What a privelege and honor, cherish it!

"The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn't take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. When the bridegroom was delayed they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight they were roused by the shout, "Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!" All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. Then the five foolish ones asked the other, 'Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.' But the others replied, "We don't have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves." But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast and locked the door." Matthew 25:1-10

Are you preparing for your wedding feast to Jesus? Will you be ready when he comes?

In Him,
Jocelyn