I am often enthralled by the ideas presented by mystical theologians. John Crowder writes like one in The Ecstasy of Loving God, a book I just came across the other day. What he says, and he quotes ancient and modern Christian mystics throughout the book, is that we are designed for bliss. Here’s what Bernard of Clairvaux writes of the Bride and the eternal Bridegroom: “She loves. He is love. She is thirsty. He is a fountain.”
I’ve been praying to not settle for anything less. God wants to give us a life of joy unspeakable. This entire generation is moving into this realm. It is because we are being prepared to be the Bride we’ve always been meant to be.