Happily Ever After!

Most people love when a story or movie ends with a "happily ever after" (myself included), and much of the time this includes a "boy-gets-the-girl" type of conclusion (yes ladies, you can sigh now!) As much as we enjoy this, the Lord has shown me that we who are His children already have the best "happily ever after"--- and that's spending eternity with Him!!!!!!!!! The romance is between our wonderful Savior Jesus, the Bridegroom, and His church, the Bride!!!!! Jesus is the most loving, faithful, and devoted suitor we could ever ask for! Ephesians five talks about what kind of a husband Christ is to His Church: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish." That is how much Jesus is devoted to us and loves us--- He is dedicated to present us HOLY and WITHOUT BLEMISH (I don't know about you all, but I need A LOT of work!!!!)! Not only is He working on our holiness, but He is doing it "so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor." We will some day be with Him forever!!!! Now that's what I call a "happy ending"!!!!!!! Revelation 21:2-4 says,"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Now that's what I call a HAPPY ENDING!!!!!!! (Can I get an "Amen!"?) That's a way better ending than the most romantic, happily-ever-after book or movie I've ever read or seen!!!!!

The reason I wanted to write this is because I think some of us who enjoy those happy endings can translate that into real life and think that "to be truly happy, I need to find my 'Mr. or Mrs. Right' ", and those of us who have found that right partner then might expect them to be that "perfect partner" in order for us to live happily ever after! I want to say that if you're a believer, you already have the best "happily-ever-after" that anyone could ever ask for!!!!! So stop looking to someone else for life and happiness; look only to CHRIST!!!!!