[The woman at Bethany's] love for Jesus was the love a person holds for that which is meaningful beyond anything else she might know. . . . Such love is wordless, because words can only point to it, but not grasp it. Thus the word adore, meaning to "speak to." But not to speak of. It cannot be defined for anyone who has not experienced it and need not be defined for anyone who has.
— Erik Kolbell, Were You There?