Tag: Chapter 1
What is YOUR experience with the Song of Songs?
I believe anyone starting off on a journey of faith knows, deep down, that the “Song” is uniquely special and useful for their spiritual life. But unfortunately most don’t have the tools to properly understand it. When I was a young girl, I remember reading the Song in secret, and how it ignited desires in me for what was spiritually possible in my love-relationship with Christ. But being raised in a strict religious environment, I didn’t have a mature place to talk about the details of sex, let alone a book like the Song of Songs. So it was largely something that I “put on a back burner,” while meanwhile pursuing a more intellectual and dispassionate approach to studying the Bible.
That is, until…
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The moment the Shulamite woman dreamed about had finally arrived, that one she waited for, and journeyed at such great risk to experience. King Solomon was standing with her and holding her hands, staring at her adoringly. They exchanged some words of praise at their appearance to each other, skipping small talk entirely. Neither one were ever much for small talk.
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Look at you! How beautiful you are, my beloved, and how charming! Our bed is green! Song 1:16
I find it intriguing that when the Shulamite woman is in the garden returning the gaze of her beloved that she at first sees his beauty, and then immediately a bed. She obviously saw what he is thinking! :-) But this is no ordinary bed. The first thing she notices is that it is green.
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Blossoms are appearing! The season of songbirds has come, and the cooing of doves is being heard in the land. Song 2:12
My family used to raise doves. Just a pair of them, in a cage. A special trait about them is their loyalty for life, and their focus. When our doves weren’t eating or …
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You bring pleasure to me like a sweet smell… Ex. 20:41 . If you have ever loved someone deeply, you understand what it is to long for reminders of them when apart, including smells. Like music and art, fragrances can stir emotions, invoke memories, and keep love aflame. Many of the stronger oils such as …
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In a discussion of differences between men and women, I once heard a comical depiction of men and a “cave” that they sometimes emotionally and mentally retreat into. There is apparently nothing in this cave, which is exactly how they like it, and women especially aren’t allowed, (although they try) because if they did get in they would take one look around and begin decorating it with pictures, rugs, and curtains! :-)
Women generally love to decorate, whether it’s their homes, their men, or themselves. I used to think it was a natural feminine trait, but I’m rethinking this, knowing more than ever that deep in the heart of the woman, i.e. the Bride of Christ, there is a desire more powerful than to decorate. It is to be decorated.
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O my darling companion, I see you as my mare among Pharaoh’s chariots! Song 1:9
The journey ahead is not for the faint of heart. Courage is needed to survive the heat, and eyes to see what He sees. This is how you will carry Him into His victory!
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Confusion, Division, Disarray, Chaos – these are unpleasant words, I know. But I’ve been thinking about them lately in regards to something really interesting that may fit in with the next passage in the Song. I’m really excited to share it soon.
But meanwhile, I’ve been trying to recall examples in the Bible of heated …
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