1.09.2011

eternity's vision

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
   I will lead her into the wilderness
   and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
   and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.

There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
   as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
 16 “In that day,” declares the LORD,
   “you will call me ‘my husband’;
   you will no longer call me ‘my master.’
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
   no longer will their names be invoked.
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
   with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
   and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
   I will abolish from the land,
   so that all may lie down in safety.
19 I will betroth you to me forever;
   I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
   in love and compassion.
20 I will betroth you in faithfulness,
   and you will acknowledge the LORD.
hosea 12:14-20

in Your lovingkindness, You woo me into the wilderness. oh the wilderness. it's only here where You speak so tenderly to me. all of a sudden, Your familiar voice becomes so clear.
You turn my troubles into a door of hope. You are my peace, my hope. You are peace. You are hope.
no longer my master, you are now my husband. in this place, with a ravished heart, You marry me forever.

there's gonna be a day when i stand before your throne, in the presence of the heavenly hosts of angels. i'll finally see you face to face. 
i'll know it was worth it all.
there's gonna be a wedding, it's the reason that i'm living, to marry the Lamb.
this is eternity's vision, to lose it all for the sake of gaining You.