The Evangelical Universalist Forum

My Bride, Watch!

Studies Poetry
#1

A wedding feast in Galilee
The wine was finished—none remained.
And so My mother came to Me.
A wedding feast in Galilee.
But My own bride was not set free.
Her pardon I’d not yet attained.
A wedding feast in Galilee
The wine was finished—none remained.

The end of the old things had come;
My Spirit was not yet given.
And they knew not whence I was from . . .
The end of the old things had come.
Fine wine I created in generous portion
A taste of My wedding in Heaven.
The end of the old things had come;
My Spirit was not yet given.

Tho’ a terrible price for My bride I shall pay
Tho’ My blood and my life be the ransom,
For the joy set before Me I’ll suffer that day
Tho’ a terrible price for My bride I must pay.
All the sorrows and griefs cannot turn Me away
from the prize–My beloved’s glad welcome.
Tho’ a terrible price for My bride I shall pay
Tho’ My blood and my life be the ransom.

For the joy set before Me the cross I endured
My bride, Watch! I come quickly to claim you!
Your freedom from death with My life I procured.
For the joy set before Me the cross I endured.
From this world, My bride, turn away. Don’t be lured
from your first love toward Me, but be true.
For the joy set before Me the cross I endured.
My bride, Watch! I come quickly to claim you!

We (my ekklesia) were studying the seven signs in John’s gospel and I wrote this triolet for the first sign; turning water into wine. The church of course, is often characterized as the bride of Christ.

#2

“Like” :sunglasses:

#3

Thanks, Great poem Cindy- Now you’ve inspired me to study the 7 signs in John!
S

#4

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#5

Thanks, Guys! :slight_smile:

And the seven signs of John is a wonderful study. I learned so much more about Him through it. Just reading through on the way to the end of the book, you don’t pick up so much along the way. :wink:

#6

I really loved the way this flowed and the rhyming was nicely done. It didn’t seem too forced at all. I really liked this:

Christ really is like our first love. He is for me anyway. When I experience Christ there is a deep inner joy mixed with a sense of intoxication with His beauty. It’s a wonder and joy indeed. I’ve experienced it many times in my life. More intense at some times than others. What really speaks to me here also is the joy Christ had in purifying His bride. It was the joy set before Him that He endured the cross. I find comfort here in Christ’s example in trusting and relying on the Father and the joy that carried Him through His sufferings. Anyway, this was nicely penned. Keep it up beautiful lady! :smiley:

#7

Excellent! Thank you.

#8

Good poem, Cindy!

The last two verses can be sung to the tune of “The Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond”.

#9

Aw, thanks guys! Ya’ll are all so sweet! :blush: :smiley:

Paidion, so cool! I might have to rework this sometime to make the whole thing fit. :wink:

#10

Beautiful poem Cindy, just saw it today. :slight_smile:

#11

Thanks so much, EaglesWay! :slight_smile: