Always Loved You
"My beloved responded and said to me, ' Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along. 'For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land; the time has arrived for pruning the vines,and the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.”
(Song of Songs 2:10-12 NASU)
As she walked down the
aisle that cool October evening, my heart increased with skipped beats. The original song I had written for her, using those words from Song of Songs Chapter 2,
had been prepared weeks earlier. Now as I tried to sing them, soft and gentle, while playing on the
borrowed six string guitar, I got choked up on the second verse. She was so
beautiful. And I had waited so long.
When she finished walking
the eternal length of the aisle, I had to set my guitar down before I dropped
it. This was the moment to soak it all in, as our gaze upon one another filled
our souls with passion. Nights of crying out to the Lord had been fulfilled.
She had come.
There was a time just
two years earlier when I didn’t believe this was going to happen. I had been
engaged to another, and it didn’t work out. That one was meant for another. But
now this beautiful young woman, whom He knew was the right one, was coming to me. Is it
any wonder why I love the Lord so much? Just one look at her, my sweet Laura Jean,
is enough.
This really happened,
when my awesome bride Laurie entered the church sanctuary and glided to the
wedding altar. Her full length, laced pure white gown covered her entire body, while
hazel eyes looked at me from under the sheer veil. What could I do, except try
to contain my heart from leaping out with joyous ecstasy.
And now decades later, because of His everlasting mercy, grace and provision has sustained us through the thick and thin, the
joys and the sorrows, while commitment to the full days of our lives continues
to keep us, we both love the Lover of our souls. He has always loved us. He has always loved you.
“I am my beloved's, and
His desire is for me.” (Song of Songs 7:10)
You may have come to the
place where your soul needs to know His love, of His heart for yours, of His passion
and desire for you, His beautiful creation and Bride. Doubts may have arisen from rejection, while forgotten
and forsaken relationships have brought you to the point of giving up on your
hopes and dreams. That desire for a man who really cares. The longing for that promised
wife, or maybe just a little more of living the abundant life?
There is One whose
desire for you is never ending. He has sought you in your sleeping hours, in
your waking moments, in your hours of grief and despair. He is the One your
being longs for.
The lover of your soul
knows what price has been paid for you. Yeshua has come. He has suffered the ultimate.
He has risen and now lives, so that you can too. For Him to be with you through
thick and thin, through joys and sorrows, until the length of your days has
been done, and then beyond.
“Hurry, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a
young stag on the mountains of spices." (Song of Songs 8:14)
He has come for you. He has always loved you, and He always will.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Love For His People
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Now Think On This #111 – Always Loved You Steve
Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (02.10.14 Monday at 7:00 am in
Charlotte, NC).
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