The Betrothal

"He set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." 2 Corinthians 1:22 (NIV)

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I did not understand that You were a ring before You were anything else to me.

I thought of You as a helper for today, not a promise of a forever I had not yet seen.

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But a deposit is not a small thing.

A deposit says the rest is coming, that the One who gave it intends to finish what He started, that He is bound now to return for what He has claimed.

You in me are not a consolation prize while I wait for heaven.

You are heaven's own handwriting on my heart, saying, this one is spoken for.

I called it a feeling of belonging.

It was You, the actual proof that I am not forgotten.

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Forgive me for treating Your presence as ordinary when it is a betrothal.

I am not waiting to be chosen.

I have already been sealed.

Spirit of promise, remind me today that I am not waiting to belong. I already do.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for being the deposit that guarantees what is to come.

Thank You for sealing me before I understood what sealing meant.

Teach me to live like someone already claimed. Amen.

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