kayte
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This month for February as our CF Woman of the month..The Bride
I thought it appropos of the to look at Song of Songs
Please add devotionals/thoughts/ideas questions
Introduction
The Song of Solomon 2:8-13.
This book is a love story between a bride and her husband, and it is filled with dream images of the partner.
In the verses before us, we are looking at the husband, Solomon, through the eyes of his bride.
Listen to what the husband says:
The family life is to be a team effort.
To be fully successful, it requires the cooperation of all.
Some people see in the Song of Solomon a prophetic message of Christ and the Church.
Whether or not that was the intent of the writer, we do not know; but two things we do know:
Jesus Christ is always the perfect husband, while the bride, the church, has become lazy, and in many ways has strayed far from the marriage covenant.
The book is allegorical, representing God's love for mankind, but it is also a statement of the beauty of married love. It shows that married love and passion is God-given and not something to be ashamed of.
I know about agape, eros and phileo and that agape is the greatest form. Do not be afraid to say that the others have their place in God's creation as well.
Each and every one of us needs to carefully and honestly look at our daydreams, our hopes, our desires, and our prayers. We can dream about having a money tree, so that any time we want something,all we would have to do is pick the money and buy what we want.
But in reality there is no such thing as a money tree, However, what is possible is to plant a garden and grow a crop and sell it for money, but that requires work.
Our relationship with God is the same.
He has everything we could ever need or want.
But unless we work at making our union with Him a success, we miss out on our personal relationship with Him and on that which He has for us.
Our daydreams and reality should always be the same, even if everything isn't accomplished right now.
Just as love grows sweeter over time, so do our dreams when they come true. And they will, if God, and His will for our lives, are the central focus of our dreams.
I thought it appropos of the to look at Song of Songs
Please add devotionals/thoughts/ideas questions
Introduction
The Song of Solomon 2:8-13.
This book is a love story between a bride and her husband, and it is filled with dream images of the partner.
In the verses before us, we are looking at the husband, Solomon, through the eyes of his bride.
8. "Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping on the hills!
9. "My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.
The husband is seen as an early riser, a person who is full of energy, a person who desires his wife to join him in his enthusiasm for life. Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping on the hills!
9. "My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.
Listen to what the husband says:
10. "My beloved responded and said to me,
'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11. 'For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12. 'The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13. 'The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!' "
From what is said, we can assume that it is a time of peace and prosperity. 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11. 'For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12. 'The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13. 'The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!' "
The family life is to be a team effort.
To be fully successful, it requires the cooperation of all.
Some people see in the Song of Solomon a prophetic message of Christ and the Church.
Whether or not that was the intent of the writer, we do not know; but two things we do know:
Jesus Christ is always the perfect husband, while the bride, the church, has become lazy, and in many ways has strayed far from the marriage covenant.
The book is allegorical, representing God's love for mankind, but it is also a statement of the beauty of married love. It shows that married love and passion is God-given and not something to be ashamed of.
I know about agape, eros and phileo and that agape is the greatest form. Do not be afraid to say that the others have their place in God's creation as well.
Each and every one of us needs to carefully and honestly look at our daydreams, our hopes, our desires, and our prayers. We can dream about having a money tree, so that any time we want something,all we would have to do is pick the money and buy what we want.
But in reality there is no such thing as a money tree, However, what is possible is to plant a garden and grow a crop and sell it for money, but that requires work.
Our relationship with God is the same.
He has everything we could ever need or want.
But unless we work at making our union with Him a success, we miss out on our personal relationship with Him and on that which He has for us.
Our daydreams and reality should always be the same, even if everything isn't accomplished right now.
Just as love grows sweeter over time, so do our dreams when they come true. And they will, if God, and His will for our lives, are the central focus of our dreams.
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