What would you say the engagement period of a romantic relationship is charactierized by? Wedding plans? Busyness? Romance? I would say it is characterized by longing.
Have you ever been around a couple that is close to their wedding day but not sleeping together already? Whether they are waiting until the wedding day to even kiss or are going "almost all the way", they are looking forward to their wedding night with great anticipation. Sometimes being around them feels like you are witnessing something too personal and you feel like you need to look away.
Romans 8:23 and II Corinthians 4:2 says that we, along with all creation, groan for the day that we will experience the "redemption of our bodies". Those of us who know the Lord and love him know that we were created for so much more than we experience here. We tire of our failures and the sin and sadness that surrounds us and we know that when he comes for us he "will make all things new" and "we will see Him as He is" rather than "through a mirror dimly". We long to have full communication and intimacy with Him. Creation joins us with this because it has also been subjected to the fall.
Does this remind you of a couple in love that must say goodnight and go to separate houses? It does me. May we have the same longing for the Lord's return. He is coming for us to take us to the marriage feast! Come Lord Jesus!
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