From Karen Francis
Is 62:4-5 You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
While in prayer, I seen a vision. This vision, like others I've had, was not one that I simply observed, but I was a participant
living it out emotionally, spiritually, etc. I pray that revelation comes to those that read this by the Spirit, and that you embrace the Lord's love for you, as He so desires you to.
I was at a wedding
Jesus was the Groom and He was awaiting His chosen bride. I was preparing to go to Him as a bride to be would. I looked on as He gazed at me, smiling broadly with His arm extended to me, for it was time for me to accept ALL of His love
all that He had for me and enter into that place with Him. I knew that I had been chosen, yet I suddenly felt the reality of who I was and just where I had come from
nothing but a peasant girl, who was poor, lowly and needy.
Onlookers were gazing at me with absolute disdain
looks of anger, jealousy, envy and resentfulness saying, "Who do you think you are? How could He have chosen someone like you? Look at you! Do you know where you come from and who you are? You are poor, helpless, nobody and have nothing."
Their words and opinions were holding me back from approaching my Beloved, accepting the depths of His love and this place with Him. I began thinking of the fact that He had left His throne in search of a bride
went to the poor and needy and found me. I mean, He is the highest of all royalties, the King of all kingdoms and all that the people were saying about me was right
that I was nobody, had nothing, lowly, poor and needy. I was not worthy of such unconditional love or a place of divine royalty with such a One as He. I started weeping, crying out to the King saying, "Lord, I don't know how to be royalty!"
I recalled how excited I was to have been chosen and had been preparing myself for such a time as this, yet I was now utterly ashamed of my lowly condition and poverty.
After standing there weeping for what seemed like a long period of time, looking on at my Beloved, Who was longing for His chosen one, I had to make a decision. His love was undeniable and I knew if I walked away, it would hurt Him so. He would only come after me. Yet, those who hated me were continually giving me looks of disapproval and disdain, in a manner that almost appeared threatening.
It occurred to me, that for me to go past all these people, not allowing their opinions to influence me, that a death would occur. I would have to die to all that I thought of myself, for I knew that I was nothing, just as these people had proclaimed. I also knew that I would have to die to all that these people thought of me as well. For me to accept and embrace the depths of His love for me, even in my poor and lowly condition, would be embracing the cross, by which He had purchased me. He paid a very valuable bridal price to the Father for me
it cost Him His life. While pondering this, the reality of His love began penetrating even more deeply. So many thoughts were coming to mind
.I thought of when He first came to me and He knew just what it would take to get me to see Him. I thought of Him telling me that He would never leave me nor forsake me. I thought of Him telling me that He would not choose another and that He would be with me always, even until the end of the world
that He proclaimed to me that His love never changes. I thought, that for me to accept His unconditional, unchanging love and His kingdom, I will be entering an entire new life
a life of royalty, sitting with Him on the throne, ruling and reigning from His kingdom. My old life would be gone
done away with. I would have to live, walk, talk and do all things representing His kingdom. Can I possibly accept such a place? I had walked with Him since a young child, yet this acceptance of all He was offering was the absolute Truth of all that it entailed.
I continued to look on as my Beloved waited patiently for me to go to Him and accept this place with Him. He was not concerned at all, with what the others were thinking, although I knew He was completely aware of it. I wanted Him to do something, or say something to them, but He just kept His gaze upon me. I could see that He truly loved me and that it was unlike any love I had ever known in the natural
His love for me was simply killing me. I was thinking to myself, that once I accept Him and all that He is offering, my life would never be the same. I had waited for this moment since He first came to me in a vision at the age of eight. He called me so long ago, but now, the time to accept was here and yet, it was going to take the loss of all that remains of me to make this decision.
I began moving forward and for each step I took past those people, a part of me was dying. I found that I began to lose sight of them. The closer I got to my Beloved; all I could see was HIM and His love for me. He was watching me with His eye upon me continually. His love for me was drawing me in and I began to come alive inside. My eyes grew brighter and brighter as I began to see Him as I had never seen Him before. All that was behind me became as darkness
I became blind and deaf to the things that were behind me and now I only had eyes for my Beloved. I went to Him and entered into agreement with Him and this covenant of love. I embraced His love for me, and knew that I would never live or be the same again. ~~~~~~~~
Rom 8:31-39 If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.