With all the wedding plans going on in full swing, it has stirred up many memories. It all seems unbelievable that it was me planning my wedding 32 years ago to my beloved John. It has all gone by so fast! There is one memory that I shared with a friend recently and it stirred something in me and I would like to share it with you.....
The day of the wedding as John and I drove off to our honeymoon, I noticed a gift on the back seat of our car. I asked John if he decided to bring one of the wedding presents with us to open and he just smiled. So I asked, "Is it a present for me?", He answered yes. I was surprised with all the hubbub of the wedding that he got me a present at all. He reached out back and gave it to me eagerly. I opened it and found a beautiful leather bound bible with the name, Celeste E Fortin, engraved on it. (I keep it by my bed) I was so blessed and he was too for he was so excited to give me his name, Fortin. Often in the years that followed he would greet me with, "Well Helllooo Mrs. Fortin" and I hearing his voice say it would respond in love. Even at 30 years he would call me his bride. I felt so privileged to be called Mrs. John Fortin and will forever be grateful that he shared it with me.
So this is what came to me in prayer yesterday. We who are in Christ are called His bride and He has given us His Name, Jesus! With that name come so many privileges. We can call on Him at any time to meet any need. We can sing it in worship, we can speak it in prayer, we can share it in our witness, we can call it in power to overcome the enemy......It gives Him so much Joy to give us His name.....
I have said that name so often..... Jesus is alive and He will forever be my savior, my rock, my healer, my deliverer, my hiding place, my hope, my Beloved One who loves me more than I can comprehend. I will not have an earthly love again that would ever replace the one I shared with John, that I know because I have a heavenly one that fills my loneliness like no other. No matter what I face the rest of my life, Jesus Christ will be there for me, my covering and husband forever. Now more than ever I realize my need and the gift of His Name......
