Me too, Paul :) It’s excellent Jim! And thanks for the tent link, Shelby. Will be checking that out real soon. I like what you said elsewhere, how lots of things happened in a tent or near a tent.:) I would add beds too. They are an interesting ‘place’ where things happen, too. :) Love you all.

I was going to leave my own comment about the ‘where’ and ‘how’, but the more I kept looking at Jim’s response, I couldn’t come up with anything that His comment didn’t already answer in such a concise inspiration!

http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Tents

I’m just thinking about the tent…..so, so many things happened in a tent, near a tent…plus we had one very, very special tent-maker.i dont know if i’ve ever voiced my super-crazy love for Paul of Tarsus…the tent-maker. There is something very, very special about tents!”

http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Tents

Vin….ditto!!! Super love you. Miss that mug!…until we meet again. Well, until we meet again & forever.

The question by Shelby is a good one, not sure that I can answer it to your satisfaction but here is what I see.

First off the Song is coded script, and we are delving into this via The Holy Spirit, so the where seems to be ever changing, this seem to lean toward the how path.

“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Jn. 3:8

The other thought is this represents a ‘way’ for all when we look at it from a how perspective.

So beautiful saints, how (or where) does this settle with you?

Hi Shelby! Nope, you didn’t miss anything :) I just don’t have a great deal developed in my thinking about it – except a thought that it seems to be a place that the Lord meets us, but not necessarily the safest place for this young, veiled woman to be coming! Thus the upcoming “Mare Among Stallions” post. :)

And in case I didn’t understand your question exactly, as to the “how not where” idea… it seems to me in verse 7 that the Shulamite already hinted at going to “a” shepherd’s tent area – because she asked Solomon “where do you rest at noon”, and, “why should I be as one veiled by the shepherd’s tents”. She just didn’t know exactly where, as these set-ups were nomadic depending on where the green pastures were, and, it was a journey that could have dangers.

That was a great question by the way. I know there is so much more that can be developed here and I so appreciate your input and encouragement.

I love you too, Joe!

Such a thought provoking statement. At first I thought of the following words of St. Paul: that I may know him and the power of his resurrection (Phil. 3:10) The great Apostle of Grace was more than willing to count count all that he ever was a loss just for the joy of knowing Jesus.

And yet there were also those who initially came to Him for lesser things; healing for self or loved ones, deliverance from all sorts of “stuff”, even for the daily needs of food. Jesus provided what ever they required. Most certainly, some having received from Him simply took and left, never to return and others having received, continued on with Him even as far as Golgotha, the grave, and beyond.
Jesus, was moved with compassion towards all people. Oh, that I too would be like Him. He is the lover of my soul.

Pamela, I love you. You enrich my life.