|
 Bridegroom and Bride
Howwwwdeeeeee !! Ahhmm jes’ so praoud to be hyere !!
Well, OK. It doesn’t quite read like it sounds. Anyway, ‘Mornin’ Folks! Blessin’s to ye!
Enjoying that first cup of coffee yet? Got mine poured. And, oh, by the way, y’all can relax about Michael. He hasn’t lost it yet. He still drinks his double Expresso every morning. Hehehehehe……..
Thought maybe I’d do things a bit differently today. Yesterday, I shared with you the gift that the Lord gave to me in my wife, Della. There’s a whole lot more to covenant than what I had time to share, but let me share with you a poem today that I wrote and gave to Della as a Christmas present a few years ago.
I’m not one for writing much poetry. There has to be some real inspiration to trigger poetry in my writing – and there was when this one came out. Most of my poetry has been limited to song lyrics when I get started writing ballads, or meditative songs – and that’s been awhile.
Anyway, consider this a follow-on to the sharing of the past couple of days. Sometimes you can say things in poetry that communicate more than that which comes across in direct speech.
Bridegroom and Bride
That wonderful day, those years ago,
The Lord brought a bride -- a counterpart;
Eons had passed, it seemed, while incomplete:
This was a day designed to fill the heart.
Destined from the beginning, an Eve to be:
The picture of perfection, grace like a dove,
She came from the cry of a being in need:
The Lord Jesus Christ, who sought for His love.
Flowing in beauty, filled with desire,
Her whole being spoke, "I love you!
I'm yours!"
Adam's very essence leaped as he saw
God's gift to him, his delight, his concours.
Then as the years turned into millennia
A new cry was heard, a cry in the earth:
A cry for completeness with
She who'd be His,
A yearning which most surely
would be brought to the birth.
This second Adam then went to the cross
To buy back a people in captivity,
created for Him;
Pierced with a sword thrust into His side,
He foresaw the future -- love filled to the brim.
The process began, a people in fire:
A Bride in the making, a Bride to abide;
Years again became millennia,
but to Jesus ‘twas irrelevant:
He saw to the day they’d sit at His side.
A people came forth -- a people who loved -
A people whose being expressed,
who overcame all to say,
"I love you, My Lord!
Your onoma I take;
All that I am, or ever will be, is yours for eternity,
going forth from this day."
The creator of all, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Now made complete -- having been joined to His Bride --
Sees destiny unfold, eternity resume,
His cry has been answered, His love's at His side.
The future unfolds, a thousand years of time,
The throne of the heavens, a new onoma presides;
The past is behind, the cry is fulfilled;
The need has been met,
in Bridegroom and Bride.
Now my onoma was incomplete, and a cry went forth;
In the same way the first and second Adam had done;
Forty years came and went -- eons they seemed --
Yet my groans were heard in the heart of the Son.
Just as Jesus had long sought for a Bride
And for the last six thousand years been preparing
So had He also labored and brought
To the fore finished, a counterpart caring.
Taken from my heart, seen as a vision,
Absolute beauty, grace, love, and peace;
So did He bring me His vision and purpose
in she who would say,
Her being expressing, "I love you! I'm yours!"
T'was Della Denise.
The cry has been met in spirit and being,
The vision fulfilled in part and counterpart;
Just as the Lord must be One in His Bride,
Della, you've become the core of my heart.
My being has changed, my character new,
My onoma completed, yet drawn from my side;
The essence of unity, wholeness and oneness
Are now in us wholly as Bridegroom and Bride.
(Regner A. Capener, Copyright 1995)
Given to my Bride, Della Denise Capener,
for Christmas of 1995
As I said, sometimes you can express things in poetry that don’t always come across in normal, day-to-day speech.
One of these days, maybe I can share another perspective of the covenant that the Lord has made with His people. We’ll take covenant from the very beginning of time. We’ll go back to Creation and take a look at the heart of God and His purposes in creating a covenant that transcends human capabilities and understanding – yet sets the stage for all the covenants entered into between God and man.
Hey, that’s it for today folks. Short and sweet. During the next few days I want to take on another topic – well, maybe I should say, the opposite ends of a topic that affects us all. We’ll have a look at poverty, and its causes; and prosperity – or blessing – and its causes.
How’s that for a warm-up? Just want to tantalize you. <chuckle>
See, today’s sharing over the table was so short, you never even got to finish your cup. Betcha it’s still hot. Have a wonderful day! See you again tomorrow.
Blessings on you.
Regner A. Capener
EKKLESIA HOUSE
RR-15, Box 6180
Mission, TX 78574-9589
(956) 583-5355
Chat
with Regner
This article may be reprinted, reposted, copied and re-used – in whole or in part – with proper attribution.
|
