A Vision of Belle

During music and prayer last night with TOdd, I kind of went into a really neat vision as I was praying. Its simple, but as I prayed about it at bed, I felt like God shared more with me.

I was praying (like usual) for God to just touch us (corporately) and heal the things that keep us from being who we really are in Him. I have a few people (women) I am praying for and as I prayed I was picturing them in my mind. As I did, it all kind of morphed into a vision.

In this vision, I saw a woman, and she had a basket under her arm, and she was walking through a little town. In the basket was little pita bread like things. And she was handing them out to people.

During this I could hear myself praying still on the mike. I began to cry, because this lady was so sweet, and she was so beautiful. But it wasnt beauty like one would think. She wasnt unattractive, but she wasnt attractive like we typically know it. She was so simple in dress and appearance (I didnt actually see her face), and yet she was so BEAUTIFUL. It was more an emotional response than anything else.

I was praying about how beautiful she was, and realized this was the Bride of Christ. And she was taking bread she had from her house, and walking all over this place, and as she came ot people she gave them this bread. Some people were hungry, and needed it. SOme people didnt need it like that, but the act of giving it to the people that didnt need it physically still impacted them.

And it wasnt a big deal to her. She was just going about her thing, and brought bread to hand out along the way. Although curiously, I had no clue where she was going, and what she had to do. In fact, it didnt seem like there really was anything else to do BUT walk around, and seemingly hand out bread, and seemingly hand out bread.

I realized her name was Belle. And then I realized this was just like Beauty and the Beast (at the beginning). Except in Disney, there is singing and all sorts of melodramatic stuff. And I love that symbolism, but this was so much more profound in its simplicity.

I beleive the name Belle is the word for Beauty or Beautiful in French.

It was so simple, and so profound and so beautiful (the word just keeps coming up). I realized I was receiving the mind and the heart of Jesus for His Bride, I was seeing her as He sees her, and feeling something that He does.

Now this is as important. As I was doing this, Todd was playing this new toy I got for music. He was all over this thing, and I had thought about how delightful it was to just hear Todd playing and being who he is. He is actually very telented, and he was able to combine his drumming skills with this wild ability to pick up melody by ear. And as He did, the anointing was there, and I was able to engage it and begin praying. As I prayed, I was in this vision.

I believe that God was showing me the delight He takes in His Bride, and showing me how beautiful she is to Him. And I also believe that Todd is His Bride, and that as Todd was just going about being himself, he was carrying "bread" (in this case an anointing and Grace from God). And as he did, I was getting impacted, and his daughter Abby was dancing and wiggling all over the prayer room.

I know this is getting long, but try to stay with me here. These are the things I pick up from this:

Much of what I was praying for these women about had to do with healing, physically, emotionally, and mentally, including salvation for my daughters.

We as the Bride of Christ carry the "Bread of Heaven", by definition based on who we have become in Him. And as we do, we hand it out, sometimes willfully, sometime without even realizing it. It is a natural byproduct of who and what we are.

The Bread of Heaven is healing, because it is revelation of God. It is Jesus Christ. We carry Him with us. And our commission on earth is as we go about our things, to hand it out. To the weak and poor, and to the strong and rich.

Another piece is the distinguishing between what is attractive, and what is beautiful. They are very different. It is hard for me to explain it, but Attraction has a lot to do with its ability to draw your attention, and it relies primarially on your response. It isnt sin, but it can become a tool to create it.

But beauty exisits regardless of wether anyone responds to it or not. It is an aspect of God. Wheter you perceive it or not, it is there. And it doesnt create a response in your heart of desire as much as awe. It communicates profoundly, and its main message is itself.

She was beautiful. I didnt even know if she was attractive. I assume she was, but I couldnt get past her beauty to see.

Thats how God sees you.

Make sense?