When I leave most weddings I am happy for the bride and groom but I also have a sense of bitterness concerning the fact that I'm still single. I long for that love and companionship. This wedding was different though; I left excited. Excited about Jesus and the wedding day that is coming when the Church will marry the Lamb! The use of the marriage term in my spiritual life with Jesus has been something I've slowly had to get used to. But today I can honestly say I am thrilled about it.
Kayla and Skyler's wedding was like none I've ever seen or heard of before. It was a celebration of not only their union but the future union of the Church with the Lord. The event was so natural. It just felt right. They filled their wedding with the Lord. And it didn't make it stiff or awkward but even more romantic. While I still long for what Kayla and Skyler have with each other, that marriage day with my Lord is all that really matters. It's so much bigger and better and more full of love, contentment, and joy than anything we will experience. It will be the day when we will be united with God! No more brokenness. No more pain. Oh what hope!
Right before they left I thanked Skyler for all the times (and this day being one of them) when he has reminded me what I deserve and what I'm waiting for by the way he loves Kayla. He sang a song that he wrote tonight for Kayla (which in and of itself is awesome) but more importantly: the lyrics and behind those... his heart and his love. He obviously talked about her beauty, her heart, and their love. The line that really got me though was when he talked about how if he was a ship she would be his lighthouse. His light. His beautiful bride. I want to be that! I want to love the Lord with all I am and draw the man I am with closer to the Lord. The only relationship worth having is one where we serve each other to bring the other closer to the Lord. May He be glorified above all!
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
6 Then I heard what seemed to be wthe voice of a great multitude, like xthe roar of many waters and ylike the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,
the Almighty zreigns.
for athe marriage of the Lamb has come,
and bhis Bride has made herself ready;
for the fine linen is dthe righteous deeds of the saints.
9 And the angel said1 to me, “Write this: eBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, f“These are the true words of God.”
