I don't usually forward many devotionals but this one is good. text of forwarded message follows: >The Voice of the Lord > >As a bridegroom rejoices over the bride, your God will rejoice over >you (Isaiah 62:5). > >When I perform a wedding, I speak of the bride "in all her beauty." >But what if she is not so beautiful? She is beautiful because she is >the bride. To the groom, the bride is always beautiful. In Hebrew, >the word for "bride" is calah, which is derived from the word >meaning "perfect." Literally, it means "the perfect one." > >In the Scriptures, believers are called God's calah, his perfect >ones. Does this make sense? Not really. But just as it is right for >me to describe, "the bride in all her beauty," even if she is >covered with blemishes, so it is right for God to call us his calah, >his perfect one. Why? For two reasons. First of all, we are the >bride of the Perfect One. Second, we are perfect in the eyes of the >Bridegroom, the one who loves us with a perfect love. Even with all >of our blemishes and imperfections, to God in his grace, we are his >perfect ones. > >Learn to see all things through his eyes, with his perfect love, and >it will become so. We are his calah, his perfect ones. > >Today I Will ... >...receive the love of the Bridegroom into my heart. He sees me as >his beautiful one. >JC > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1818 - Release Date: >11/28/2008 7:31 PM text of forwarded message ends: John