â Today's Promise: "For your Maker, is your husbandâthe Lord Almighty is his nameâthe Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth." Isaiah 54:5
~ Koleti in New Zealand
Dear Bride
This chapter is all about 'The Love of my Life', the one who healed my heart and changed my life. I cannot express in words the miraculous things that He has done in me. I am well and better, and feel loved, secure, and cherish because of His lovingkindness. The life that He was longing for me to have and enjoy with Him during the time, I left Him. And all these years, He was saving this peaceful and joyful life where He longs for me to be His Brideâforever!.
At the beginning of my journey, I was hurt and broken heart but not anymore because I found the Lover of my soul and the mender of my heart. He is the one that I surrendered everything to Him to look after while I am focusing my eyes to love and being in love with Him for the rest of my life.
I encourage you, Dear Brides, You are not alone, our HH (Heavenly Husband) is our Maker, He is on our side because we are His Brides. Our Lord is waiting for you with open arms with a hug as He did it to me all the time. I lack nothing, He provides and supplies all my needs because I told my HH that He is all I want, all I need, and He is all I live for.
Again, what He promises for you in His Word, He will fulfill because He has done it so many times in my life. And I believed He will do the same to you Sister if you give Him the Love that He deserves. Our HH has given it all for us.
My HH (Heavenly Husband) taught me how to walk with Him according to His will and love throughout this journey, where I live now in this abundant life with my Love. As He is the God of Love, therefore I as His bride should be doing the same thing as my HH. He deserves to be loved because He gave His all to me on the cross, He shed His blood for me to be forgiven and be healed and have this life where I am living now.
To help me renew my mind, this conversation with Him all day long is happening every day, because I finally realize He is right here next to me everywhere I go and in everything I say and do things. Rather than thinking of things I need to do, I instead ask Him to take care of everything because He is my Husband and I am His bride!
And also helps me to renew my mind is remaining in faith with the Word of God. There are promises of God that are already fulfilled in my life, and there are some that I stand firm in His Word that He will do it for me because His Word has spoken in my heart.
These quality times with me and my HH (Heavenly Husband) have helped me spend my time with Lord more abundantly.
I have been struggling with every area of my life since I left my first Love. I just realized it the moment I found the Lover of my life, and before, I did not hear it in my ears or even see it in my eyes, I was blinded by the things of this world. And what was happening in my marriage is a wake-up call and God's plan for me and my family.
And where I am now is living in a life of love, joy, and peace where my HH was longing for me to be and be with Him alone. I cannot express in my words what I experienced in my life as I walked with the Lord on this journey. I enjoyed and experienced the presence of my HH everywhere I go because He promised that He will never leave me nor forsake me. And His Love, Peace, and Joy is living and alive in my heart.
Again, His goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever (Psalm 23). Not only does His Love, Joy, and Peace fill His House but also in my heart, I feel loved, secure, and cherish because He is all I have, I want, I need, and lived for my HH (Heavenly Husband) alone.
He is real in my life, and I am longing to have more of Him. I will never let go of His hands and desire to hold Him tight and close to my heart as well. The one that I was looking for, and now I found Him, the Lover of my life. I will love Him for the rest of my life.
How will live these principles in my life, firstly I need to have and allow the Lord to stay in my heart, If I have Him, I have everything; Also if I have the Lord I have the 'Love' of my Lord that I can see and do things to love anyone as 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4 to 6 said, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."
Secondly, I need to live in peace with everyone including my enemies no matter what and because my HH is a Prince of Peace. I believed His desire for me is to have and live with everyone in peace. As John 14 verse 27 said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid". Philippians 4 verse 7 also stated, "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus".
The book of Nehemiah 8:10 talks about, "For the joy of the LORD, is your strength" and "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice" (Philippians 4 verse 4). This is the life that I am living now with my Lord and my desire is to rejoice in the Lord always as the scripture said. Whatever comes your way or my way, go to the Word of God, and do not give the Devil an opportunity to work. We are Our HH (Heavenly Husband) brides, our hearts belong to Him.
Dear Brides, I have learned so much. As Erin shared, You have a special Someone who will cherish and love you and give you every desire of your heart and if you have enough of Him, you will never experience that pain of rejection or longing again. She also mentioned, that He longs for you to be His Brideâforever, and a bride is cherished, is new, and is someone very much in love! like you and me.
From this chapter, I have also learned about the love that we experienced and felt coming from the heart of Our Lord. While I was reading the testimony in this chapter, the Lord revealed to me this kind of love, that the Son of God went through it in Calvary. God gave His all through the death of His only begotten Son on the Cross. And that is enough to tell me that Our God loves people more than anything, in other words, Our Lord was abandoned on the Cross so I can have this Love.
To love Your enemies and to love your FH (former husband), no matter what. Loving our FH is not compared to the Love that we have for our HH, Our First Love. And what Erin was sharing in her testimony blessed my heart. How she remains faithful to love and to stand for her HH (Heavenly Husband), She loved Him most than her FH.
I thank Erin for sharing her heart with women all around the world including myself. I thank God for directing me to You and your Ministry. Your Testimony in this chapter is challenging to me and teaches me a lesson. You are a woman of faith. Thank you once again. God bless.
"For your Maker, is your husbandâthe Lord Almighty is his nameâthe Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth." Isaiah 54:5
This whole chapter of Isaiah 54 is meaningful to me because it is full of God's promise to His Bride. This is also my favorite chapter I read and reminded God of when I go into my closet to be with Him. I have seen the Mighty Hand of God working in my life through this scripture, and what He promises, He fulfilled it.
Every day I have been talking to my HH through this chapter of Isaiah 54, to let all these promises, working in my heart, such as verse 4, "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated".
"You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood." This verse is so much alive and living in my life. I am not afraid of anything or being put to shame, my HH erased it from my mind and heart. He is the only one in my mind and heart.
Also verses 6 - 10, the Lord promises that He will call me back as His Wife, and with deep compassion, He will bring you back to Him, "'with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Besides, my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you."
Again, verse 13 is one of the scriptures that I have read to the Lord to let His will be done upon my children, as He said in this verse 13, "All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace". As I read through this verse, and at the same time, I have faith and believed that my family is under the protection of God as He promised.
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