Before the fall into sin, humans went about naked without any shame or embarrassment. Can you even imagine that? Our difficulty imagining that (without imagining other shameful and horrifying things accompanying it) should also help us appreciate the honorable way Jesus had wooed us as his Bride.

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).