Watch. Weep. Whisper.

Featured ~ Lisa Brittain
The Bride longing for her Bridegroom.

Watch. Lord, I watch for You.

I know You’re on the ready. Whenever Father nods Your way, You, as the eager Bridegroom, will not even hesitate. You are waiting, with great anticipation, to mount Your mighty white steed and retrieve Your Bride.

Even as I watch for You to come on that one grand and glorious day, I know You are watching. Waiting. Preparing. Loving.

Yet, I also know that a distant Bridegroom, burning with love and devotion, doesn’t wait silently for His Bride. He writes, and calls. He looks for an opportunity for FaceTime. His pure faithfulness desires communication.

And so I watch for You through Your letters, and through Your whispers. I look for You in my dreams, and in the secret place where You most often call for a FaceTime encounter.

A journal revelation.

Weep. Longing for a word, and Your presence sometimes culminates in weeping. Just knowing that there’s a space between us before eternity creates such a loneliness until I recognize You are with me by Your Spirit.

Other times, my eyes run over with sweet tears because Your word in song and worship breaks forth the reality that You have never left me without hope.

Whisper. I hear in my spirit, a whisper. You call quietly in the midst of noisy chaos. I recognize Your voice, my Beloved, distinguished from all other voices. And then I look up. I fix my eyes on Your presence, and it’s then that I remember that You see me.

I will continue to watch in anticipation of that day when You will take me Home. But until then I turn my eyes toward Your voice, weep at the goodness of your presence, and whisper my thankfulness that You see me.

Eyes on You,

Lisa

Today I joined Kate’s band of faithful writers, in the Five Minute Friday community, to write in the word .

Published by Lisa Brittain

I am a curious follower of Jesus. I have been since my early twenties when I met Him personally and received miraculous healing in my body and mind. After many years of marriage and raising sons into the teen years, I received a challenge to explore the duplicity of my spoken faith followed up by my fearful living choices. It was my two sons, who loved me enough to confront me with the truth. They called out the hypocrisy of fear, and I am forever thankful. Chips off my proverbial block! I determined then to overcome fear with faith that was more than words. Years ago, with my eyes open to my sin of unbelief I made a decision to leave the desert wandering behind and set out to pursue the abundant life Jesus promised His disciples. God has been faithful to teach me, grow me up, and help me to let go of all the things that used to mean security to me. My passion is to walk so closely to Jesus that others want to know Him too. I love to introduce women to Him as we walk, talk, and work together hand in hand through everyday life. Nothing thrills me more than to watch someone fall in love with Jesus through His word; learning to trust His heart and receive His great love! I have been married to my dear man for over 36 rollercoaster years. We're simply thrilled that our latter days are more joyful and purposeful than our first. Together we have helped to grow two young men, who are now married with their own families. God is continuing to help them write their own faith stories. Additionally, we share our home with an old rescue pup. I look forward to having you join me here to fix our eyes on Jesus and shine with His radiance, Lisa Psalm 34:5

7 thoughts on “Watch. Weep. Whisper.”

  1. ‘Place me like a seal upon your heart.’
    What does this mean, do you suppose,
    that you’ll play the Pinnipedal part
    with beach-ball balanced on your nose,
    sending your love all a-clapping
    right straight noisily to me,
    barking madly, flippers flapping
    in our new home by the sea?
    I know you do not ask a lot,
    perhaps tossed mackerel to catch,
    perhaps some rum, yes, just a tot
    and a promise not that Orca won’t snatch
    you when you take your morning swim
    (but can’t you use the lap pool at the gym?).

  2. Thank you for spending some of your valuable time here with me. I’m so grateful to God that you have found encouragement here!🌸

  3. What a beautiful portrait of our awaiting Bridegroom, Lisa, “I know that a distant Bridegroom, burning with love and devotion, doesn’t wait silently for His Bride.” This greatly encouraged me this morning, thank you!

  5. This is so beautiful, capturing all the passion and devotion of the bride and bridegroom. May the Lord find us watching and faithfully waiting when the great day comes at last! Visiting from FMF#5

  6. Oh thank you!!
    It was a moment in time when words just flowed through my fingers.
    Thank you. I’ll jump over to #12 to visit your writing. ~Lisa

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