~Taken from my book, Visions of Celestial love <3
My toes sink in the wet crystal-like sand of this beach whose sculpted jade waters rushes over my ankles and laps at the hems of my dress.
I’m thinking about You,
And how much You mean to me.
God, You are to me my true home.
Like a cottage surrounded with shrubs and berry plants with floral vines dangling over the windows like curtains.
You are the smell of fresh-baked buttered bread out of the oven on a cold frosty night.
You are sweeter than sugary hot coco to my lips.
You are more elegant than the finest wine and champagne poured into expensive glasses.
You are tender arms around me when I’m sad and in need of nourishment.
You are my mother’s breasts when I was an infant, my El Shaddai.
You are my father’s protective body in the midst of a torment.
How can I describe all that You are?
I invite You to come into every area of my life as my only source.
I welcome You to my dreams and I pray all of them come from You.
You are my pine and coconut love.
The refreshing breeze I need after a hot day of working in the sun.
The cool glass of water I pine for when I’m sweaty from exhaustion.
You are light in my eyes when I’m surrounded by darkness.
You are radiance in the midst of dullness.
You are beauty when only ashes can be seen.
You are more to me than I will ever know on this side of eternity;
on this side of my Father’s vineyard.
I desire to soak in the divine light of Your favor.
I desire to be the object of Your affections.
I desire to be precious to You.
And You call me beautiful.
See my fair Bridegroom, how I want to be lost in Your arms that wrap around me.
See how I want to lean against Your chest as it rises and falls in breath.
See how I want to be taken up to new levels of Heaven.
How I wish the heavenly veil was all but torn from my life that I may experience You on this side of eternity like few have.
Oh let Your children go deeper.
Let our experiences be sweeter.
Let our love be purer.
You are my pool of abundance.
My morning longing,
my night cry.
And I was made to delight and savor You.
Oh let me taste samples of Your wonders from the feast You are preparing for Your bride.
Let me eat your Word like I would an apple.
Let me be satiated in the rivers of Your romancing.
Take me to new heights in You.
Take me up in Your Spirit.
You are to me a gleaming emerald ocean in the sun above a clear sky.
A vastness of glory I cannot comprehend.
You satisfy my eyes’ thirst like a dewy field of honey wheat surrounded by white lilies.
Like gold encircled by pearls.
You are most beautiful.
You are the filling of my soul.
You fulfill my hunger and thirst.
You are my daily bread and my life-giving water.
I sit in the aromatic room of my kitchen, with the sunlight dancing on the lemon-yellow walls shining like amber besides a flame.
The moist savory fragrance of mixed spices tickles my nose.
I’m thinking about You,
and how much You mean to me.
“Ashley presents us with a true cornucopia of modern psalms, personal testimonies, and short stories. She has set out to reveal and unravel some of the most complex heart issues mankind faces in our quest of understanding what true intimacy with God really looks like. Prepare to have your soul massaged and worked on as you read Visions of Celestial Love.” — Jeremy Minard, Founder of Servant King Apparel, Active U.S Navy