This Is My Beloved
Embracing the Bridal Love of Jesus
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2024
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Publisher's Description
Christians throughout the ages have longed for a deeper, more intimate experience of Jesus' love, to connect with him in a way that is impactful, satisfying, and touches the innermost places of the heart. Many found the answer by embracing Jesus not simply as their Savior, Teacher, and Lord, but also in his biblical role as the Bridegroom of the church. This Is My Beloved helps the reader respond to the bridal love of Jesus in practical, transformative ways by offering inspiring life stories and personal writings of Christians from the past and linking their encounters with the bride's journey in the Old Testament book Song of Songs. Readers will learn to awaken their affections and satisfy some of their deepest desires by encountering profound intimacy and delightful friendship as the bride of Jesus.
Endorsements (2)
“Scripture supplies an array of images to nourish our imaginations regarding the nature of our relationship with Jesus. Lisa Smith, through her own reflections and the writings of historical saints captivated by the bridegroom’s love, beautifully draws out Scripture’s image of marital union to feed and form our hearts. Wedding Jesus’ lavish affection for us with the mature mission of an intimately interwoven life, Smith offers a vision of compelling beauty and overflowing fruitfulness.”
“From a scholar of the Great Awakening comes an intimate invitation to be awakened to the bridal love of Jesus. Lisa Smith sets her own experience of awakening alongside careful exegesis of Song of Songs and the wisdom of a trove of early American writings on the allegory of Jesus as bridegroom. The result is a highly accessible and richly textured book that carries forth Christ’s love as it encourages and exhorts us to embrace him.”
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