The Bride of Christ

Weddings are exciting to attend, dressing up and meeting all different types of people apart from your family members and friends.

Do you not wonder what the other side looks like and is all about?

 It is great if both sides blend in well.

Who will catch the bouquet?

My favourite wedding to attend: a Christian wedding for it is short and sweet. My favourite part of a Christian wedding is “you may now kiss the bride” just kidding hehehehe although reflecting back at weddings I remember seeing rock n roll kissers, shy kissers, some needed a stop watch. Too much information. (TMI)

My favourite part is, for real now, when the Pastor asks “Does anybody object or disagree with this union”

I bite my bottom lip to prevent my obvious smirk. On the corner of my dark brown eyes I glance around me. Not too much now because I do not want to be permanently squint (crazy laugh).

Hot part is the Pastor looking at loved ones, friends and family present as if he is awaiting someone whom objects to be seated in congregation. I understand its protocol but it is funny to me. At my wedding I will look at my toes because I would probably laugh. Truth is I might be too emotional.

At Indresen (Mothers first cousin) and Melissa Chetty’s wedding which took place in NG Church in Malvern 6^th June 2008. All the single girls were called to make their way to the front of the hall to run/jump like crazy for the bouquet, of course. I refused to go but my loud mouth uncle made sure he shouted out my name so the whole hall full of people waited for me to get to the front. I acted as if it was not me but the Master of Ceremony refused to go on without me and did mention my name is beautiful (Blush, Blush) so I said what the sugary dumpling. Let me just make my in front.

I remember going for Teresha and Bradley’s wedding (Jan 2011) at the Rose Garden. Beautiful! My first garden wedding I attended. After taking pictures out with the glamorous couple we had to make our way out from the spot lights because the line waiting to take their photographs was pretty long hey. I was trying to be helpful to people standing in line. I was thinking of me. I am impatient, Lines are what I dread; maybe this is why I dislike shopping so much.

Don’t look so shocked, I do, I am not lying.

I do like Clicks and Woolworths lines, they move super-fast.

I tried to walk away fast but I had limited place (memory does not allow access as to why the space was limited). My heel of my gladiator sandals dug into the table cloth which leads to the table which behind stood the couple smiling for photographs. Did I mention the beautiful sweet smelling bouquets where on this particular table not forgetting delicious wedding cake. Thank goodness I realized it before the next family in line had a picture with special lightings and side effects and before I was banned from attending weddings. I would have been embarrassed and feel bad to see all that cake go to waste.

Christopher, mum and I just joined Kainos Covenant community in November 2008 and was invited to Delia and Kevin Govender’s wedding December, 13, 2008. My mother cried throughout the wedding all because of Delia having similar features, complexion and built as me.

 All our tissues were finished that day. I felt I watched myself walk down the aisle already, not many people experience this, unless your twin beats you to marriage.

Lets us focus on the bride, besides her wearing something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Bride wears a veil symbolising purity, a crown saying she will be a queen to her husband and is her father’s princess.

The bride of Christ must be pure. When a couple marry they become one. There is intimacy (post called intimacy with our creator) through sexual intercourse. I am not trying to be perverse, Get my point; the souls are intertwined in this process. Can you imagine Christ coming for an impure bride?

The reality is the bride is the body of Christ and the bride needs to get her act straight because Christ will come soon. We are living in crucial times; the book of revelations has become reality. What else do you want to happen for you to straighten up a crippled bride?

Forces

23 April 2012

Forces shape our lives every day, directly and indirectly.  What are forces? In Physics Forces are defined as a push or a pull in a certain direction be it North, south, east or west or up and down. We experience forces in every area of our lives; physically we experience a gravitational force towards the Earth so we are not afloat like in space. Emotionally situations determine how we feel and react. Are you an up and down person because of the way you feel. One minute you are up and next you are down or are it one day positive and another negative. Is depression a force tugging on you, bringing you obviously down. To me, in my opinion, I am just telling you how I feel about it. It is like being neither hot or cold which is equal to being Luke warm and you know what Revelations 3V16 says about being Luke warm. If you do not please feel free to read your manual, the scary part is God spitting you out.

It can be derived that there exists positive and negative forces and depression is an example of a negative force. If this be the case then what is justified to be positives forces which can shape us positively? Anything which is accurate, good, gentle and off God. Spending time in Gods chambers, at his feet, eating of his word and drinking his wine. These positive forces allow your feet to be placed on higher ground and on the ROCK (JESUS). These Positive forces will draw you to God like a Magnet. These Positive Forces will push you forward; will make you the head, these positive forces will take you higher.

I want to paint two pictures to you by using words and if you would allow your mind and be relaxed for just a moment to imagine the following two scenes:

Scene One:

There is clay in your hand and it is not pretty because it’s a clump of clay with no particular shape. In order for it to be useful to us by a vase, an ornament or clay pots we need to shape and mould clay. To shape the clay into something useful we need to apply forces towards the clay.

Situations shape and mould us. We are but clay in the Potters hand (GOD) and God moulds us into something useful. At first we are just a clump of clay, then we are moulded, we are hollow, then God fills us until we run over, with living waters and the oil of Gladness. Enlarge your territory so you can contain what God wants to give you. Open the folds of your tents to the North, South, East and West.

Scene Two:

You are running a race and there’s is a friend who helps you buy pulling you forward, a team member from another team sees this and tries to pull you backwards.

In which direction will you go? Forward or Backwards?

Allow me answer the question for you. It all depends on the strength of the forces, whichever is stronger you will go in that direction.

Make sure you are cemented in Christ so when the enemy comes in you will not be moved by those negative forces.

Part 4: Stairs and Ladders

Physically:

Stairs in building and homes, stairs outside leading to homes and buildings. Moving stairs are called escalators found in malls. Ladders are used for those hands on kid off jobs, more a handy man’s/woman’s job (trying not to be sexists, it can be sensitive you know {smirk on my face})  like painting house, walls and roofs, putting aerials, changing globes and I think I made you realise why there is a need for a ladder. Children playing on a jungle gym will climb a ladder, a game that has ladders, be it video games or board games, a ladder to climb a slide at a pool (Ushaka Marine World). We can agree with a statement that stairs and ladders work two ways that is you can go up and down.

Spiritually:

Stairs and ladders can lead us to the throne rooms of God which is situated in the Heavens. The trick is to have the strength necessary to climb the stairs. There is a bar if you are afraid of heights called trust and faith. To climb a ladder you are not allowed to look down at your past. You are required not to carry your burdens but cast it to Jesus so your shoulders are light.  You must also focus above on God; make Jesus the centre of it all. Make sure you are going up and never down.