I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the necta
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed;
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.