We think of "romance" as something that happens, that we are carried away by, and that produces wonderful results.  The problem with romance as is commonly understood has not produced those results for most of us.

    For thousands of years man and womankind have been blessed and cursed by the promise and the lies of romance.  The bad news is that we are often blind to the problems.  The good news is that God has created a romance that fulfills all the promises that we hope for and more!

    There is a secret to experiencing the blessing of romance.  As with most of God's greatest blessings receiving it is simple but it requires a great price - our whole heart.

I belong to my beloved, my beloved belongs to me.

 Love is more than just feelings.  Love is more than just a moment. 

Love is a belonging that produces a life long covenant of security and romance.

I belong to my beloved, my beloved belongs to me.

Because we get our alphabet from the ancient Hebrew-Phoenician Alef-Bet, our modern letters can be seen in ancient Hebrew. 

Reading from right to left A,  N  and Y  make up the word Ani or "I"

The next word, again from right to left, became our letters L,  D,  U  (look at the top to see the "U"), D and Y,

this forms the Hebrew L'dodi or "belong to my beloved"

Then the letters V (same as U) D, U, D and Y which give us   V'dodi or "and my beloved"

And the last is the L and Y which spell   Li or "to me".

With just a little practice you will be able to read this from the original Hebrew. 

It will be worth the effort to be able to read and remember the cry of true love.

   This was a common phrase used 2,000 years ago for an uncommon man.  A man was to be in love with, dedicated to, and only have eyes for one woman.

This is a secret God declared when Adam and Eve were created.  It is not good for man to dwell alone so Eve was created and as many weddings declare -- the two shall become one!

This is the purpose God created man and woman to fulfill.  This ancient secret to abiding love and romance tells us that belonging to each other means we each must become a one woman man or a one man woman.