Beloved

(I originally wrote and posted this to my previous blog on 02/28/2007.)

Reading: Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs 1-2

When I was in high school, I took a class called "The Bible as Literature", and I chose to do my class project on this book because it is one of my favorites. What a beautiful love story it is!

My project was embroidery on fabric with clusters of grapes and other things mentioned in the narrative, all surrounding this statement that still stirs my heart:

Son 2:16a My beloved is mine, and I am his.

I wonder sometimes if women have an advantage in being able to exult in this kind of love for our Savior (Bridegroom) since it comes so naturally to imagine ourselves a beloved bride. This imagery is such a precious blessing.