There is going to be a wedding

Thinking about the gesture that God will do because He loves me, to show His love to me, at first humbles me, But then I think about the fact that it's totally unearned. It must be that the JOY of the Bride, is only met on her wedding day.

This comes from thinking about how much money must be paid to get to Jerusalem. If i'm honest, it puts me through the same feelings that I think of Jesus, because how am I to know exactly the love that He has shown to me, the blood that He was spilled for me? Am I not in this continual debt? Does this not put me through the feelings once again of what love He has shown to me? It is just money, but in the way that God does, he is putting it into my mind, and in my heart.

There's not so much I can say! This love is whole-hearted, it demands all of me, wrestles my affections away from temporary pleasures, and keeps fear in my heart towards other lovers. It is righteous Love, that removes everything that hinders love for the sake of love. It is jealous Love, bearing the name of God, remains, when the controversy has ended, and the last enemies dealt with. Abandon's my heart to service, knowing that there is a reward, and that to miss out on what He has for me, would be terrifying. This is a love that takes all other options away, promises all that He has to offer, filled by confidence energized by the Spirit.

waits, sustains, refreshes, he has become everything 

He has shown me another analogy of how we are to see life.

The Bride, being escorted through the wilderness

With Her Bridegroom

Why does He wrestle with our hearts in the wilderness? Why does he take from us the names of the Baals in the wilderness? Is it not because our hearts are unfaithful to Him? Isn't it because He is jealous for all of us? the wilderness is not the point of it!

Wilderness is never the point of it!

That would be like the Israelite people, being slain with thirst.

He has shown us the way through - Himself is the only one who has been through! The only one victorious

I'm poking now, but I have to, because people are saying, "Why don't you just stay here for a season?"

We have a Bridegroom who is jealous for us, because He loves us. To be concerned with anyone else is just not reality, and it is not biblical either (if anyone was thinking that way)

What is now the outcome and point of wilderness is Himself. When I find Him, I have found everything! When I get to Jerusalem I get everything!

What connection am I making here?

I have no other plans, only to be with Jesus. He spoke this because my own wilderness is very testing, and very trying. if I were to focus on the temporary, and the things that are before me - financial obligations, schools coming and going out, my own friendships! even! I would loose my heart, and I would be distressed, and without peace. This is exactly what happens. It's not an IF, but a consequence of being human. It's because He made us to be totally His. It is because He is God.

I understand! Hallelujah! Come marry me in Jerusalem, Jesus!

The wedding is something else! beyond comparison! It is where He is leading you!