Time of Singing

These cherry blossoms bloomed outside our living room window after a long and dark winter. They were new and fresh and bright and bursting with hope. A couple begins their life together in this kind of fresh hope and promise. May they move forward in that promise of many new beginnings together!

My beloved speaks and says to me:
ÏArise, my love, my fair one,
and come away;
for now the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.

Song 2:10-14