Cloud, Oh Cloud... What was that you said?

So every now and then as you trot down the road of life, there is a cloud in the sky that catches you attention. Sometimes this cloud is big, and other times it is merely a wisp in the atmosphere. This cloud can be something fascinating and catching, or it can be subtle and transparent-like. If you listen, you will hear the words,

"Look at you, walking along like you are the best thing in the neighborhood. You think about yourself all the time and want all that will satisfy you. You look in popularity, and find that many faces leave many holes to fill. You look in money and possessions, and find that cars get flats and stuff never fulfills. You have been down the road of love before too, and you know that there are evils there that fail to slake your lust for love, affection, and companionship. Every where you have looked has left you wanting more and thirsting for something real. Face it, the truth. There is only one thing in this world that will ever truely satisfy you, and that is JESUS!"

I dunno, I guess that this is a place that I am in right now. Friends don't do it for me, school neither, forget pleasure or women. I hate church for the games we play, and I thirst deeply for what I know really satisfies.

Jesus, I miss you.

It hurts ignoring him, or a bit more acurately, playing the whore against him. If Christ is analogous to being the groom of the church, then that means we, the church (or those who have put our faith in Christ), are the bride.

Jesus = Groom
I = Bride

That is a weird thought since I am anything but guy in thought and physique. The analogy works though on a spiritual / Relationship level, so my masculinity is cool. Anyways, to keep going...

Jesus = Groom
I = Bride
I turn from Jesus and try to satisfy myself with other things.
I play the whore.

Basically, when we sin, we are being a prostitute when we are married.


In contrast, what we do is have sex with old, fat, hairy people that have warts on their face when Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt is waiting for us.

Scary in my mind. If I was married to a woman that played a prostitue, I would be very angry. I would probably end the marriage. But Jesus doesn't. No, instead he loves us in all the mess we make of ourselves, and keeps calling to us,

"Come back, I love you more then you could ever know. Forget all that stuff, it will never complete you. You have a hole in your heart with my name on it. Come back to me, my bride..."

Then, when we do turn towards him, the voice changes,

"Welcome back. Go, and sin no more. I will never leave you nor foresake you. My grace has covered all your transgressions. I love you, my child. Delight in me!"

Amazing, Amazing...

How can you deal with such love and grace? How can you flip off the only person who really loves you? How do we?

We are faulted horribly, sin does that. But the key is to know that which is of true worth. Jesus.

Just something to chew on and take to heart...

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