About 4 years ago, I spent Sunday morning worship time painting [on the platform]the spirit of the service. I chose to do circle paintings [mandalas]. This painting is a slight departure from the circle. The following is the interpretation: The Bridegroom encircles the Beloved in the spirit of the day and awaits the invitation. The secret place, prepared for the intimate meal, glows with the candle of the Lord. When the cooing of the Beloved begins, the holy hush is broken and the scene of sweet communion unfolds. As the Groom hastens to the call of his Beloved, he gathers the fragrance of eternal life [green], peace [pink], redemption [crimson], and love [red] to make his ethereal bouquet. He approaches the slightly open door and enters gently and sweetly, still drawn by her cooing. The Groom embraces his Beloved in the secret chamber of her heart. “It will not be long, Beloved, before I can make this secret place my final abode. For now, let us dine upon the sweet bread and the new wine. Let us be drunk with ambrosia and lost in the Divine Dance. “For this, my Beloved, is but a mere taste of my abiding presence, a mere shadow of things to come. We are one in my Spirit now, but the day will come when we will not know where I begin and you end or where you begin and I end. We will be seamless and infinitely joined. You will be me and I will be you, never to be disconnected again. “Look forward with great expectation, yea, confident expectation, to the day of our wedding feast. You will not be disappointed, Beloved. “I love the sweet melody of your voice when you sing to me and when your love opens the secret place to me, the secret place where we become more intimately bonded and eternity blossoms in your spirit. “And now, Beloved, eat the Bread and drink the Wine. Every time you do, remember me until I come again to dine with you. I am broken and poured out for you all the day long. There is never a moment when I do not think of you, never a moment your prayers do not rise up to me like sweet incense.”