Who doesn't love looking at a beautiful bride? There is something about the radiance she carries and the excitement in her heart that illuminates her every being. She spends possibly weeks, months and even years getting ready for her big day. Every last detail has to be perfect and put into place because she wants her appearance before her groom to be absolutely spotless and without blemish! Do you remember when you were once a bride-to- be?
As Christians, we are known to be the Bride of Christ, too(Ephesians 1:4). For some of us, we really don't understand the spiritual significance behind this huge role we have as Christ's bride. This past year or so, God has been burning in my heart a message about His bride. He's been revealing to me that there are three different kinds of brides: a run-away bride, a bridezilla and then His true bride. The names speak for themselves, I think. The run-away bride is the girl who doesn't understand her true calling. She lacks the faith to step completely into fulfilling her rightful position in the Body of Christ due to fear or a past that simply won't let her go. The Bridezilla is the girl whose focus has been lost on life and things that simply don't matter. Her groom( Christ) is no longer her first love. Instead, she is caught up in the busyness of life. She is so focused on herself that she begins to lose sight of why she fell in love in the first place. These things are causing her to become wrinkled and blemished in many areas. Sadly, she loses her innocent beauty and the romance for her groom fades away. Lastly, there is the TRUE bride, the one who is sold out for her groom! She is the one who takes the time to be with Him daily and dedicate her thoughts, her actions and surrenders her whole life to soley Him--no matter what He asks of her! She's the one that has been tested to be true.
Which one are you today? Can you see yourself in possibly all three? For me, I've been all three in seasons passed, but my desire is to be the True Bride consistently. In the weeks ahead, I want to take this blog and invite you to a spiritual Bridal makeover just for you! You will have the opportunity to wrap yourself with love and allow God's Word to remove some of that access pride you might have from years over-stuffing yourself with the world's lies and view points. Those things begin to clog your pores and cause pre-mature wrinkles. Hopefully, you will immerse yourself into some soothing encouragement that will help heal some of those dry and scaly thoughts that keep you from being refreshed daily. Lastly, I pray that you will emerge the radiant, gorgeous bride that God has called you to be. It's really simple! No, you won't have to apply 8 different beauty creams for one problem area! Literally, one small dose of God's love and truth daily will transform you from the inside out! Over time you will begin to see yourself emerging more timeless and radiant than you ever imagined. Get rid of all those old beauty products that the world told you would work and instead make a beauty appointment with the Holy Spirit today -via--my blog....
Let's simply begin with the first step to your Bridal-Make Over right now. We'll call it your Bridal Make -Over- beauty consultation. Answer the following questions honestly:
1) What kind of spiritual blemishes and wrinkles might appear daily to keep you from radiating Christ's true beauty as His bride? ( Anger, complaining, unforgiveness, pride,disobedience, lack of faith, laziness, vision, etc.)
2) What spiritual beauty routine do you usually use to help rid yourself of these things? How often do you use it?
3)Figure out which one of the three brides you tend to be on a daily basis?
Next week, Monday, we will meet back here and begin to apply God's special beauty treatment designed just for you. I will leave you with a sample beauty product now for you to take home and begin to use. Hopefully the fragrance of this product will leave such a sweet and lasting aroma around you that you will continue to apply it daily to your regimen. It is called, Truth Serum- John 15:16, "You did not choose ME, but I chose you and appointed you that you would go and bear much fruit." When this serum is applied to your emotional and spiritual blemishes, you will begin to see a new emerging beauty begin to shine through. You will no longer doubt if you're loved, or feel rejected. All that worrying and doubting has caused wrinkles and blemishes that God wants removed so your True beauty can shine forth. Any bride spiritual in nature or not wants to feel and look her best, but without taking care of herself and giving herself the proper rest and spiritual nutrients needed for her mind, body and spirit will lack in being all that God has called her to be.
Rest easy this week. Keep applying John 15:16 to your daily regimen and know that you are a bride being called by her groom to celebrate with HIM for all eternity....
See you next week and we will discuss your next Bridal Make-Over Regimen....:D
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