” For the Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Isarael is your Redeemer,
the God of the whole earth he is called.” Isaiah 54: 5
the God of the whole earth he is called.” Isaiah 54: 5
” Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths. She shall pursue her lovers but not over take them, and she shall seek them but shall not find them. Then she shall say, ‘ I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now.’ And she did not now that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. . .
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards an dmake the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
‘ And in that day,’ declares the Lord, ‘you will call me, ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal’. For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more!” Hosea 2: 6-8; 14-17.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards an dmake the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
‘ And in that day,’ declares the Lord, ‘you will call me, ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal’. For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more!” Hosea 2: 6-8; 14-17.
” Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. And the land that was desolate shall be filled instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate, I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.” Ezekiel 36:33-36
” For [Kristen’s] sake I will not keep silent, and for [Kristen’s] sake I will not be quiet,
until [her] righteousness shines forth as the dawn and [her] righteousness like a blazing torch.
The nations shall see [her] righteousness and all the kings [her] glory,
and [she] shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
[She] shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of [her] God.
No longer shall [she] be called Forsaken, and no longer shall [her heart] be called Desolate,
but [she] shall be called Hephzibah and [her heart] Beulah;
for the Lord delights in [her] and [her heart] shall be married.
until [her] righteousness shines forth as the dawn and [her] righteousness like a blazing torch.
The nations shall see [her] righteousness and all the kings [her] glory,
and [she] shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
[She] shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of [her] God.
No longer shall [she] be called Forsaken, and no longer shall [her heart] be called Desolate,
but [she] shall be called Hephzibah and [her heart] Beulah;
for the Lord delights in [her] and [her heart] shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall [her] sons marry [her].
And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride so shall [her] God rejoice over [her]!
Isaiah 62:1-5.
And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride so shall [her] God rejoice over [her]!
Isaiah 62:1-5.
This week God has made me acutely aware of relationships. Mainly, relationships between men and women. Specifically, marriage relationships . . . and I was saddened. Men and women in the hospital- mostly patients- speaking to one another in a manner of “speaking down” to the other, or in tones of anger or sarcasm with heightened decibles. Male doctors in corners with wide-eyed nurses or therapists hanging on every word while they tuck their left hands slyly underneath their elbows. Girls that groom themselves and apply their lip gloss for when Dr. McSoandSo walks around the corner in hopes that he will notice her efforts. . . . I was in a patient’s room and divorce court was on: “yer honor, I’m here today because she just too controlling. She be getting mad at me if I don’t fold the laundry how she does. I’m pissed because she ain’t considerate neither.” judge: “can you give me another example.” man: “well when I get home and she be fixing dinner, she knows I don’t like tuna in my macaroni so she scoops me out a bowl and then puts tuna in the rest of the macaroni!” judge: “that sounds considerate.” man: “yer honor, I’m a big guy. what if I want seconds or thirds, now I can’t have no more macaroni because she done put tuna in it!” . . . SERIOUSLY?!
We have lost all sense of the sacredness of marriage. We have no concept of what true love is. True love serves, seeks the good of others ahead of self, neither asks nor seeks anything in return, is unconditional, laughs through adversity, LISTENS, sacrifices for the loved one. God has been showing me that HE alone is the only perfect picture of LOVE that I have to cling to in this world. He has drawn me in to himself and is satisfing my deepest longing for love in Himself. He has renewed my heart and my will not to settle for counterfiets! More than ever, God has impressed upon me that marriage is a calling, and that there are many people in the United States and around the world who DO NOT have the calling of marriage, yet find themselves in one- as a result, they are miserable and alone. I still do not know yet, if this is or isn’t my calling, but one thing I know. I will not compromise or yield to counterfiets. I have done so many time in the past and I have walked away miserable and alone. Instead, I continue to cling to the Lord, my Redeemer and my Husband. He reassures me, calling or not, I shall never walk alone.
