Thursday, June 05, 2008

Sunday, 8 June 08

A radiant bride greeted her guests with a brilliant smile as she entered the reception hall after the wedding ceremony. She gracefully moved about the room, the train of her white gown flowing along the floor behind her, her viel cascading down her button-adorned back.

She conversed with each guest one by one, taking the time to mingle and soak up the compliments. "you look absolutely lovely". "your dress is divine". "i've never seen a more beautiful bride". "what a stunning ceremony". The lavish praises rang on and on. The bride couldn't be more proud or more appreciative of the crowd's adoration. She could have listened to them swoon over her all evening. As a matter of fact, she did.

But where was the groom? All the attention fouchsed on the bride and never once did she call anyone's attention to her husband. She didn't even notice his absence at her side. Scanning the room, i searced for him, wondering, Where could he be?

I finally found him, but not where i expected him to be. The groom stood alone over in the corner of the room with his head down. As he stared at his ring, twisting the gold band that his bride had just placed on his finger, tears trickled down his cheeks and onto his hands. That i swhen i noticed the nail scars. The groom was Jesus.

He waited, but the bride never once turned her face toward her groom. She never held His hand. She never introduced the guests to Him. She operated independently of Him.


- "every young woman's battle", Shannon Ethridge & Stephen Arterburn.



that story was really touching ((((: i took it from "every young woman's battle". hehe :D as i wrote above. its a really awesome book about learning how as a girl you can have victory in battling sexual and relationship struggles ((: really really awesome book.

it made me think of when i once struggled badly with that kinda stuff. how God really sees us through the seasons, every single minute, every single day, every single second, every step of the way. WOW HEY THAT RHYMES :D! kidding, back to what i was say. how, how sometimes. you may not feel as though He's there and you can't hear His voice but He's still there, helping us through every single big or small struggle in each and every one of our lives (:

but more than that, if you've read it before. think yeah. the last chapter was kinda like the "answer" for me la (: about falling in love with Jesus, again and again and again, that despite having a healthy, wonderful and awesome relationship with your Mr. right (girls)/ Mrs. right (guys), that above all the most beautiful relationship you can ever have is with Jesus, simply falling in Him over and over again, simply Him being your first love (:

and the relationship being simple :DDD as Sherman said it yesterday at band practice la. its really "i love you, you love me. period".

haha, i like Sherman's analogy :D

anyways yeah :DD


haha, THIS is super interesting.

'We asked six young men, "what are th top ten characteristics you will be looking for in Mrs. Right?" '

HAHA...

1. she has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ (which was ranked most important by all six guys! haha :D)

2. She takes care of herself and has a positive self-image

typical :D

3. She is generally a happy person and has a positive outlook on life

true and important too right :DDD haha. as all my friends kept telling me when i was sad last time "cheer up! no one likes being around sad people".

4. She exercises self-control around other guys.

yeah, important.

'One young man said "if i'm in a serious relationship with someone, i want to know that i'm the only one for her. i don't want to see her getting all giddy around another guy and then have to worry that she's about to dump me for him".

hahaa.. suprising to hear the jealous side to that guy, but yeah. quite true actually! hehehe :DD

5. She is careful with money and can budget wisely

woahh. if i had to list characteristics of Mr. right which i actually did before, i can't recall putting that in :/ but quite true. that guy must be super the "thinking of the future" type. cool man.

6.She has good relationships with her family and has close friendships
:D

7. She is nurturing and would make a good mother someday

8. She is supportive of what i want to do with my life and encourages me

'more than anything, a husband needs his wife to be his cheerleader. Mr. right will want you to be his biggest fan.'

HAHA! cheerleaderr...

sounds very HSM(one)...HAHAH...

imagine literally like cheerleading.
instead of wild cats.
hmm.


lets see.

what team?
MR AND MRS RIGHT!
what team?
MR AND MRS RIGHT!
what team?
MR. AND MRS RIGHT!

MR AND MRS RIGHT, WHOO!

hahha..... ! :D

9. she has her own dreams and goals that i can help her fulfill

haha.. sounds high school musical also.

'we're all in this together...'

lol...

but yeah, it never really occured to me that a small part of being Mrs right can be about your dreams too. special to think that hey, actually dreams can have a small but meaningful part in the making to be of Mrs. right.

cool :D

10. She is adventurous and can enjoy at least some of my hobbies..

tsst..HAHAH...

interesting.

then they went on to talk about picking up hobbies. woah, never thought about hobbies to the extent of it playing a part in your bgr la. :D cool and interesting too :DDD


hehe.

ohyes! haha yesyesyes.

as SAMUEL has requested, here the baptism photos :DD hehehe!



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alisa.