It was her day, the church was filled to the brim, she was loved by all, despised by some, nonetheless, it was her day..
The Church organ started playing, the whole church was filled with the rhythmic tunes of "Here comes the bride", the whole congregation stood up in unison( it was like it was rehearsed)....
Then, the magnificent wooden doors of the church opened to the sight of the bride...there were sounds of shuffles, everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of the " wife to be"....and then, there was a hush....
The bride walked in, with her hands interlocked with her dad's....
"Is this a joke?", "What is this?", "hehehehe"(cynical laughter could be heard across the church hall), comments like this were heard in hushed voices, more like whispers...What happened?
The bride was dressed in a white but brown looking wedding gown(more like she fell into a huge mud puddle), there were huge stains of oil(like she just left the bakery), her hair, it was tangled and looking rather unkept, then, somewhere at the back of her gown, a black linen could be seen(was that supposed to be her underwear, I think so?)
The whispers were increasing in volume, people started talking in louder tones while some, were looking in shock, others in utter disgust....This would be the talk of the town for a very long time...
"Just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault".(Eph. 5 vs 25-27,NLT)
At some point in our lives, we are like the bride in the story, dirty, messy, wrinkled, name it, unfortunately, the world we are in right now, does not make it obvious...
At that point, it's like we are falling down a bottomless pit, when we think the worst has happened, something else crops up. However, unlike the bride, we have our knight in shining armour... He's here to wash us clean, remove the spots, the dirt, the wrinkles and present us pure, holy and acceptable...
Sadly enough, some people don't even want to have anything to do with him, which is quite surprising, they have set up different barriers, he can break them down if He wants to but He's the perfect Gentleman, so, he won't...
Sometime ago, I met him and I must confess, since then till now, I don't regret it, because the encounter did not end on the first meeting, I meet him regularly, actually, daily... Well, you might have met him and you might have not...still, let me introduce you to My King, My Olowo ori mi, My Strengthner, My Friend, My All in all...He's name is JESUS, THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH!!!
Have you met him, if no, then, I must tell you that you are missing a lot...infact, you are missing on life...because for me, He's My Past, My Present and Definitely My Future...He's My EVERYTHING!
You need to meet him....
