I Am My Beloved's And He Is Mine

And Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?'
Mk.2:19

Jesus clearly refers to himself as the bridegroom. Who is the bride? Well yes, the Church... but more importantly, me!

As a bloke, my initial impression of a bride is that of a beautiful young woman walking down the aisle by her father's side, about to be handed over to a nervous groom at the front of the church. In fact the image before me now is of my wife on our wedding day. She looked like a Greek goddess! 

I've got to step over this vision and hear what Jesus is really saying about himself and about me. This is a relationship of love and a joyous and intimate love at that. As scripture says, "I am my beloved's and he is mine." (Song of Songs 6:3). 

Yes, fasting is surely coming. Lent is around the corner. But today, oh today... it's a wedding feast! Bring on the wine Dionysus!