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Mar 15 2020

A Guided Mission (1:8)

  • 03/15/2020

A shepherd leading his sheep along a path to light

Finally! King Solomon sends back an answer to the Shulamite about a “noontime rendezvous.” :-) In his note, he gives her instructions for the path ahead. Now the only question is, “Will she venture out?”

I want to share a few things I see in his interesting response:

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Mar 10 2020

Pausing – For Another Look at Mary Magdalene

  • 03/10/2020

A picture of my friend's mailbox

Good news! The love note is in the “mailbox,” and about to be picked up. It won’t be long now before Solomon gets it.  :-)

In the next post I intend to expound on his interesting response to the Shulamite. It’s so rich, and frankly I’m still absorbing how to personally apply it.

Meanwhile, I …

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Feb 25 2020

A Scandalous Mission

  • 02/25/2020

Painting Veiled Tamar by J.Tissot

Sometimes there’s no perfect time to do it. Love is bursting for expression, and what others think about your timing, or your method, is irrelevant. Your face is set like flint to “do the thing,” because it is love that motivates you and that is all that matters!

This kind of love doesn’t overthink, or analyze the situation. It might know that it’s a “crazy” idea, but it can’t be talked out of it.

This is where our story with the Shulamite continues….

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Feb 19 2020

A Seek And Find Mission

  • 02/19/2020

There are some biblical scholars who can’t reconcile the way Solomon is portrayed in the Song of Songs. How can a great king, with all his kingdom responsibilities, be romping the hills outside Jerusalem, checking vineyards, and even moving sheep around like a lowly shepherd? I would like to ask them, “How is this not a most beautiful representation of Jesus Christ?” He is the King of kings, the “last Adam,⁠” and our “Good Shepherd” — all in one person.

Besides, why wouldn’t Solomon have experience with things like shepherding? His father David was one by trade, and would have encouraged the young king-to-be to play outdoors and learn animal husbandry. It is recorded Solomon had astounding wisdom about nature.⁠¹ And he owned many animals and vineyards that he put into the care of others.⁠² Would he not check his flocks, and even for recreation spend time with his shepherd friends?⁠

Anyway, this is where the next scene in the story begins: The Woman wakes up one morning to discover Solomon is not in bed beside her. He’s on a shepherding mission, she finds out — and she wants to know where…

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