Picture a Bride on the back of a firetruck.
What is it that you see?
This what goes through my mind.
I see her going to a fire.
I see her on fire also.
The bride has a flame for her groom physically it is the passion that burns within her for the one her heart loves. We use the word passion in so many ways.
In passion, in the physical there can be an element of suffering.
Which is not giving up on the thing or one that you love. Going through whatever it is in life that will bring fulfillment, contentment and success.
Fire can burn you or it can warm you. You can be fed by using it properly or is can burn up the thing that would sustaining your physical body.
Just like a relationship: in love or in friendship.
Spiritually, our passion (the flame), (the fire), is something that the Bridegroom ignites if we let Him. I am my Beloved`s and My Beloved is mine. His Banner (shield, covering), over me is LOVE.
The bridegroom can only touch the bride if she lets Him. He is a gentleman. When the Bridegroom touches us; its is where He knows he will get a response from us.
Then also the marriage itself represents a Flame of Fire(covenant), covenants were always made Biblical by a sacrifice which was burned by fire. Being in any relationship is a sacrifice. Again the element of Suffering--in the tabernacle the sacrifice was burned on a Bronze altar (bronze stands for suffering). It takes sacrifice in any relationship to keep the fire burning.
This is just a brief summary of what I think of when I look at this pic.
“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you.Before you were born I set you apart.I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”
Psalms 22
| 2. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [You are] far from my salvation [and] from the words of my moaning. | ב. אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי: | |
| 3. My God, I call out by day and You do not reply, and at night I do not keep silent. | ג. אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְלֹא דוּמִיָּה לִי: | |
| 7. But I am a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, despised by peoples. | ז. וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָם: | |
| 8. All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head. | ח. כָּל רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹאשׁ: | |
| 9. One should cast his trust upon the Lord, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him. | ט. גֹּל אֶל יְהֹוָה יְפַלְּטֵהוּ יַצִּילֵהוּ כִּי חָפֵץ בּוֹ: | |
| 10. For You drew me from the womb; You made me secure on my mother's breasts. | י. כִּי אַתָּה גֹחִי מִבָּטֶן מַבְטִיחִי עַל שְׁדֵי אִמִּי: | |
| 11. Upon You, I was cast from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God. | יא. עָלֶיךָ הָשְׁלַכְתִּי מֵרָחֶם מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אֵלִי אָתָּה: | |
| 12. Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near; for there is none to help. | יב. אַל תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי אֵין עוֹזֵר: | |
| 13. Great bulls have surrounded me; the mighty ones of Bashan encompassed me. | יג. סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִים רַבִּים אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרוּנִי: | |
| 14. They opened their mouth against me [like] a tearing, roaring lion. | יד. פָּצוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף וְשֹׁאֵג: | |
| 15. I was spilled like water, and all my bones were separated; my heart was like wax, melting within my innards. | טו. כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי: | |
| 16. My strength became dried out like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my palate; and You set me down in the dust of death. | טז. יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ | כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְלַעֲפַר מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי: | |
| 17. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me, like a lion, my hands and feet. | יז. כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים עֲדַת מְרֵעִים הִקִּיפוּנִי כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי: | |
| 18. I tell about all my bones. They look and gloat over me. | יח. אֲסַפֵּר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הֵמָּה יַבִּיטוּ יִרְאוּ בִי: | |
| 19. They share my garments among themselves and cast lots for my raiment. | יט. יְחַלְּקוּ בְגָדַי לָהֶם וְעַל לְבוּשִׁי יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָל: | |
| 20. But You, O Lord, do not distance Yourself; my strength, hasten to my assistance. | כ. וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה אַל תִּרְחָק אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי חוּשָׁה: | |
| 23. I will tell Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. | כג. אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ לְאֶחָי בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל אֲהַלְלֶךָּ: | |
| 24. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all the seed of Jacob, honor Him, and fear Him, all the seed of Israel. | כד. יִרְאֵי יְהֹוָה | הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנוּ כָּל זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל: | |
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