*I love weddings. Every aspect of a wedding has a spiritual impact on me. Actually, everything in life has a spiritual impact on me. I see God's hand in all creation and all technology and all science and all medicine and all people. ><>
*The Bride. She's beautiful. There is just some thing about a woman's wedding day that lights up her whole face and causes every one she meets to comment on her glow. It must be love. The love she has for her groom and their new life together.
*Like the Bride of Christ: Love in her heart radiates from her face, too, like a lighthouse. It is the Love of God which was planted in her heart by a single seed: the seed of faith. Faith in God's Promises. She shines this love into all the world and speaks it to all she meets. None leave her presence without taking some thing back with them.
*The majority of weddings taking place have guests bringing gifts to the new couple for their new life together. But this Bride and Groom have chosen to give gifts to the guests. Before the wedding.
*One of these gifts is a New Life. The Groom not only speaks of this new life, He IS this new life. He made it possible. The Bride speaks of this New Life and shines the Light of His Love into all the world by her voice and her actions. John 3:3; John 3:16, 17; Acts 2:38, 39;Romans 10:9, 10 are just a few places in The Holy Bible which speak of this New Life gift.
*Another gift given to the guests is the baptism of The Holy Spirit. A gift truly needed in today's world arena. Politicians want your vote. Bankers want your money. Your boss wants your time. Your family wants your attention. God wants all of these and more. But He is the only One not making any demands on you. God ASKS you to consider Him. To REASON with Him. God wants to CHAT with us; with you and with me. Even before Christ made Himself known in The New Testament section of The Holy Bible, God sought our hearts, that we might turn towards Him, like in Isaiah 2:18 where He says, “Come now, let us REASON together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
*We need this second gift to be able to walk in power and have the light and love of Christ in us to penetrate the darkness around us. As Christians, which is what we are now after we have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives and souls, we need to be able to live the life which God has prepared for us. And we can't do it on our own; we need a Helper. And this Helper's name is Holy Spirit. It is the voice of wisdom and discerning.
*Isn't it nice to go to a wedding and receive such lovely gifts? Who would not want to do this? And before the wedding, too! Revelation 22:17 “The Spirit and The Bride say 'Come'. And let him that hears say, Come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” You and I are the “whosoever will.” And when I accepted what I had heard, and when I had tasted this living water, I became a member of the Bride, as you will, also. I say, Come. Today is the day of your salvation. Tomorrow is not promised. Come. Now is the time to worship. Come. Now.
