Caste and Outdoor Café

I was outside walking in what seemed to be a touristy area, I was walking with my Beloved. We were walking on an old stone walkway in front of an old castle, with folks milling around. We had walked up some stone stairs; there was mostly cement to walk on and tall brightly colored long banners on tall posts. It had essence of amusement park.

I wanted to look inside the castle but my Beloved let me know with a look He would meet me on the other side. I proceeded in and had a look around.

The castle was like an amusement caste…it had high ceilings, stone walls, it echoed with your own sound…but it didn’t have the musty lush richness of an actual old castle, torches, big “old looking” paintings,  an empty vacuous monument unto itself.

I went upstairs and suddenly I was in the shower. Two people that I had known, a couple, came in and said they had seen me with my Beloved and to hurry things along should do what they did. Which was live together, in an adulterous situation and tell everyone it wasn’t what it was.

I grabbed the shower curtain and wrapped it around me and angrily declared I would not compromise Him. Love doesn’t need to do that.

I ran outside and was suddenly dressed; my Beloved was sitting at a café table waiting for me. I eagerly sat beside Him. Just being near Him was like oxygen to me and Peace and love flooded my soul. I sat very near to His right side and He leaned over and rested His head upon my bosom just above my heart.

I was elated beyond words, I leaned my cheek upon the top of His head and breathed Him in and reached up to stroke His soft curls. My heart was swelled within me and pounding and I felt like I was simply swimming in Love. I was Undone.

As I sat there basking in elation with my Beloved, I glanced around and saw a woman a few tables away, glaring at me, her gaze venomous and full of disdain and utter disgust. I was so caught up in my ecstasy that I was simply unaware of anyone else around us, let alone the shock of the contrast, rocked me a little. I pulled away from my Beloved and looked at Him and asked Him, “Is this unseemly? Is this inappropriate?”

He gave me this ridiculous smile, a smile that literally caused a spiritual, physical and emotional reaction. This smile went right through and drenched me with unspeakable joy. The thought of anything else but being near Him left my existence.

He then answered as His gaze captured me, speaking to me through that smile He answered, “Yes, to anyone that doesn’t love me like this.”

I was simply enraptured by Him and felt the immensity of the Love between us…not just me for Him, but Him for me. We were next to a rivulet with a cement wall containing it. He leaned back on two legs of the chair and the back against the stream wall. He casually dangled His hand in the swollen, moving water. He pulled His hand out and it was dripping with treasures, and jewels, gold chains; He wriggled His fingers and all the treasures slipped off His fingers but one. He gingerly pinched it and brought it over to my left wrist and tenderly fastened it upon me.

I gazed up the delicate pearls with the thin, delicate gold chain between intermittent pearls. Such a thoughtful gift and it fit my small wrist as if made for me.

I sat with my Beloved, contemplating His gift as it sparkled in the sun…I would never have chosen something so delicate for myself…yet it was perfect.

End.

The castle represents the franchised American “church”…we often go for our own amusement or entertainment. Even those who earnestly seeking  for more often, find a monument …not even a real one at that.

The shower, for me represents that intimate place in worship we can come into anywhere. Any true seeker can. The couple represents those who want to “make” things happen in the name of love, or I their own definition of what victory is, even though they were unwilling to wait or all things in God’s good timing. Their haste became a stumbling block for others and an example their children followed.

The woman outside represents a religious spirit, and yes, intimacy with Christ offends this spirit.

The Bracelet represents connection, being chained with Him, beautifully and intricately linked, pearls represent something beautiful and resilient being formed in secret.