This is the One I love.

I saw heaven standing open

and there before me was a white horse,
whose rider is called Faithful and True.

With justice he judges and makes war.

His eyes are like blazing fire,
and on his head are many crowns.

He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,
and his name is the Word of God.
The armies of heaven were following him,
riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.
"He will rule them with an iron scepter."
He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

- Revelation 19:11-16


Love is as strong as death,
its ardor as unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,

like the very flame of the Lord.

Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot wash it away.
If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.

- Song of Songs 8:6-7


Everything you have ever wanted is Him. It all resides in one Person. You don't have to look any longer. You don't have to watch adventurous movies, only to unkindly crash back into the withering, tiresome ordinary. Heaven is open to you. That rider on a white horse who can be nothing but Faithful and True? He exists. Medieval writers didn't make him up, tellers of fairy tales didn't make him up, your parents or your dreams didn't make him up. Your rescuer exists, and He wants you. He is the One before whom all evil things tremble. He is the hero of this story, and you are the one he wants to save. Though you come to know him deeply and intimately, He will always be full of mystery and wonder, bearing a Name only He truly knows, having no equal beside Himself. He will never fail to astonish you and take you to new heights of wonder and new depths of understanding. He will fight for you with a fury unlike anything you've ever seen, and He will destroy those who fight against Him.

It is no coincidence that Love and His Eyes are both described as blazing fire. It's because His eyes behold you with such an intense love that you would die if you fully felt it. His ardor is as unyielding as the grave - unyielding passion, unyielding fervor, unyielding devotion. To you. He sees beauty in you. Even if no one else does, He sees beauty in you, and he longs for you with an unyielding desire. Don't ever think you can give anything to him. Don't ever think you can sacrifice for him or pay him back. It will be scorned, it will be spit out. What is money to love? What is anything we possess to his love? Money, an exchange of power, is damnably offensive to love.

This is the One who has captivated my soul.