Lately I’ve spent most of my time in the New Testament, but today found myself flipping through Isaiah and then read the first 4 chapters of Jeremiah and they are really heart-wrenching…
This letter was inspired by my reading.
My beloved,
I remember the first time I saw you like it was yesterday and you were like a good dream from which I desperately did not want to wake. Instantly I could feel my heart pounding as if it beat for nothing else. Like a fool in love I put myself in your hands regardless of the cost. Even if you were to hurt me. Because I knew loving you would be worth it.
I did everything I could think to make you mine. And when you looked into my eyes like there was no such thing as time I was already yours forever. Despite all that I had, you were my greatest treasure. And to gain you… in a second I would lose it all. I’d become nothing just to prove my love. So you’d believe that you mean everything to me.
I still cherish the moment you realized how wide my arms would open to measure my heart for you. Oh, how your eyes told me what your words could not when you saw your name written with my blood. We cried and I saved your sweet tears in a bottle as mine fell to the bitter ground. You never knew how many lifetimes I waited to give my life to you.
However great the pain, it was bittersweet because of your face…
Yet now greater is the ache that still remains after watching you walk away. Without a reason you have forsaken me, my bride. Have I failed to satisfy? Who has led you astray? Have I not loved you with enough blood? Yet you seek other loves. I am a husband denied by his faithless bride.
The memory of your smile as you gazed into my eyes is as sharp as a knife when it comes to mind. How could you be so blind as to seek joy in another? Deceived have you been to pursue a lover who will only abuse you like a prostitute. How could you exchange my love for such hate? How could you trade the truth for lies? Have I not proven myself with my life? Yet you follow false promises as if I do not exist.
Still my love will remain, for I am ever faithful. Return, and I will be merciful. Only acknowledge what you have done and I will take you home. I will save you from these enemies if you will only come with me. I will redeem whatever they steal. I will renew the life in you no matter what they do. Yes, no matter what, you can count on my love. If only you will return, oh my bride, return to me tonight.
Forever and always,
Your Love
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