Comments on: The Most Beautiful Wedding Dress Ever http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/ My mind doesn't wander, I...Look, a butterfly! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ceola http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-1088 Ceola Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:29:09 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-1088 Sometimes it's only after I've gotten the dress completely trashed dancing childishly around in it that when it's time to think about putting it on, I think oh no I've gotten it dirty I can't put this on for the practice and God's says come on we're waiting, it's you I care about not the dress. God's got the perfect cleaner for the dress, but once I made a mistake like that I don't want to make it again, but it's possible for it to happen in a different way, cause I really want to have a look, it's my nature, my will has to be strenghtened by him to know it will be perfect, don't even try it until then. Sometimes it’s only after I’ve gotten the dress completely trashed dancing childishly around in it that when it’s time to think about putting it on, I think oh no I’ve gotten it dirty I can’t put this on for the practice and God’s says come on we’re waiting, it’s you I care about not the dress.

God’s got the perfect cleaner for the dress, but once I made a mistake like that I don’t want to make it again, but it’s possible for it to happen in a different way, cause I really want to have a look, it’s my nature, my will has to be strenghtened by him to know it will be perfect, don’t even try it until then.

]]> By: Natty http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-195 Natty Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:28:38 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-195 J: Amen. J: Amen.

]]> By: joe http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-192 joe Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:52:29 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-192 @chet: This is true. My thoughts about a wedding dress are just a small part of a much, much larger picture. One so big, we can't fully comprehend it! That's not to say that we can't accurately know what we are capable of understanding, but there are some things that are beyond our understanding. The enormity of our marriage to our Groom, our King, is definitely one of those things that goes beyond our ability to understand fully. @natty: Thank you for your insights. I just realize that I stereotyped women a little bit. I didn't intend to belittle the God-given diversity that exists in people's tastes. Isn't it amazing how we can all be so unique, and so different, and yet God has a way to speak to each of us in a way that is personal an intimate, even if it doesn't make any sense to anyone else? @chet: This is true. My thoughts about a wedding dress are just a small part of a much, much larger picture. One so big, we can’t fully comprehend it! That’s not to say that we can’t accurately know what we are capable of understanding, but there are some things that are beyond our understanding. The enormity of our marriage to our Groom, our King, is definitely one of those things that goes beyond our ability to understand fully.

@natty: Thank you for your insights. I just realize that I stereotyped women a little bit. I didn’t intend to belittle the God-given diversity that exists in people’s tastes. Isn’t it amazing how we can all be so unique, and so different, and yet God has a way to speak to each of us in a way that is personal an intimate, even if it doesn’t make any sense to anyone else?

]]> By: Natty http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-180 Natty Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:29:50 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-180 Not to rebut your article in any way... I just have to say, I think I may be one of the ONLY females on the PLANET who didn't spend one iota of my time as a little girl dreaming of my wedding. In fact, even when I WAS engaged and planning a wedding several years ago, the whole scene just felt absurd to me--it didn't fit for me. Ultimately, and for a variety of reasons, the wedding never happened. Weddings and "The Dress" and all that hooplah are fine for other poeple, it's just not how I've ever pictured myself. Perhaps that's because my path has been one that seems tobe leading me to the convent? Thank God my community doesn't entrance ceremonies after weddings anymore either. Call me non-traditional, I've just never been able to get into all that. Again, I am not knocking your metaphor or your conclusions, just thought I'd share how some of that symbolic language falls flat with me on a personal level. Not to rebut your article in any way… I just have to say, I think I may be one of the ONLY females on the PLANET who didn’t spend one iota of my time as a little girl dreaming of my wedding. In fact, even when I WAS engaged and planning a wedding several years ago, the whole scene just felt absurd to me–it didn’t fit for me. Ultimately, and for a variety of reasons, the wedding never happened. Weddings and “The Dress” and all that hooplah are fine for other poeple, it’s just not how I’ve ever pictured myself. Perhaps that’s because my path has been one that seems tobe leading me to the convent? Thank God my community doesn’t entrance ceremonies after weddings anymore either. Call me non-traditional, I’ve just never been able to get into all that.

Again, I am not knocking your metaphor or your conclusions, just thought I’d share how some of that symbolic language falls flat with me on a personal level.

]]> By: Chet http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-179 Chet Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:06:49 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/my-brothers-keeper/#comment-179 I am inclined to think about this most beautiful wedding in history to be a bit more than that. It is the culmination of history itself, of Gods eternal plan. It is the wedding of the King, the last King, the only King. There will never be a wedding like this again, nor will we, as the bride, get another shot at perfecting our gown. So we should be striving much harder to please our King/Groom than we are now. Now, I don't want to say that we will disappoint Jesus. I don't think God would allow such a failure. (This leads to other conversations, but I don't want to go there.) We, however, most probably will feel some sort of shame as we enter eternity finally realizing what its all about. We won't go into an eternal depression, but I am certain that our regrets will only make our thanks, worship, and praise all the more meaningful. I talk about regret with the Judgment Seat of Christ in mind. I see the Bride - Groom, and the JSoC^ as two sides of the same coin. Correct me if I'm off. I am inclined to think about this most beautiful wedding in history to be a bit more than that. It is the culmination of history itself, of Gods eternal plan. It is the wedding of the King, the last King, the only King. There will never be a wedding like this again, nor will we, as the bride, get another shot at perfecting our gown. So we should be striving much harder to please our King/Groom than we are now.

Now, I don’t want to say that we will disappoint Jesus. I don’t think God would allow such a failure. (This leads to other conversations, but I don’t want to go there.) We, however, most probably will feel some sort of shame as we enter eternity finally realizing what its all about. We won’t go into an eternal depression, but I am certain that our regrets will only make our thanks, worship, and praise all the more meaningful. I talk about regret with the Judgment Seat of Christ in mind. I see the Bride - Groom, and the JSoC^ as two sides of the same coin. Correct me if I’m off.

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