As I sit in a Scottsdale Starbucks, just three days from my daughter’s wedding, I find myself remembering what it was like to be the bride in waiting.  The excitement.  The joy.  The anticipation.  The agony of the wait….

Brittany is the bride waiting expectantly for her groom.  All of the months of planning and preparing are ready to culminate in her becoming the wife of her prince charming.  The waiting, the hard work, the feeling of being overwhelmed by last minute details will be worth it when she is in the arms of her love for the rest of her life.  The glowing look on her beautiful face will be proof enough…

In honor of love and romance on this special weekend, I was reading in Song of Songs.  It is a book overflowing with love and passion and romance.  Declarations of adoration and desire.  A picture of a man and his wife deeply, madly in love.  A picture of Jesus and His love for us, God lovers, as his bride.  A love so immense and intimate and personal and real.  The greatest love story ever told and a love story that we can be part of every single day for the rest of our lives, until one day, when all the waiting is over, we will be in the arms of the One whom we’ve waited for.  Longed for.  Lived for.  Face to face.

Like Cinderella and her glass slipper, God has said, “Hang my locket around your neck, wear my ring on your finger”, as Solomon declared to the love of his life.  We are engaged to the Prince.  We wear His locket and His ring.  And one day, just like Brittany, the waiting will be over and we will forever be with our groom….