I’m engaged!.

I have had many a question on this subject. I have not freely spoken about it but today…today you’re in for a treat.Let me tell you of the lover of my soul.

I know a man, I have known a man and I am yet knowing him. Recently, a friend of mine told me, that by the time you get into marriage you won’t have known everything about your spouse. So still without knowing him full well, he proposed and I think I know enough to say yes. I said yes! You have to know enough to say yes. And I will tell you how it all began.

So I had heard about him, from people around, but we had never really quite interacted. Even so, he apparently knew me, and he made the first move. This is what he said:

KJV Hosea 2
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

And he found me destitute and hopeless, tossed about by the pleasures of life that left me desolate and naked. And he said to me:

KJV Ezekiel 16
6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

And thus our story began, and he reminds me over and over again:

KJV Exodus 19
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

So he gave me ten promises, that I should learn to live free and in his love. And he bade me saying:

KJV Exodus 20
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,.

Therefore, I should be true supremely to him and him alone. He says to me;

KJV Song of Solomon 8
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

So He walks and He talks with me. If I leave Him, I will surely die, but I know He won’t leave me. And so that I don’t forget, every seventh day, I set all aside for Him. And He tells me I’m His own, and the joy we share as we taryy there, none other has ever know.

And I know, I know sometimes I have left him, for vain lovers. And he has wept over me, and sent a message saying;

KJV Jeremiah 2
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

But throughout His love hast not let me go. In the showdown of suitors, he has won my heart. Thus when he asked the fateful question;

KJV Exodus 19
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

I have said YES! For who can love me so? I have found rest for my weary feet, a balm for my aching heart, overflowing waters for my fainting soul. Hallelujah! I am satisfied! And He doth rejoice over me acknowledging;

KJV Isaiah 54
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

So until that wedding, I’ll hold fast to Him. Though many dazzling sights I see, the cross still has a wondrous attraction for me. For this Man was willing to die in my stead. So I’ll trust the Jesus, Lover of my soul till He comes for me. But until then, it’s still just My Lord and I.