Song Of Solomon 6:1-3 - Where has your lover gone, most
beautiful of women? Which way did your lover turn, that we may
look for him with you? My lover has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my lover's and my lover is
mine; he browses among the lilies.
Solomon s careful to let us know how highly esteemed the
Shulamite woman is that he has fallen so deeply for. All of his haram respect
and love her like he does. When he leaves to check on one of his gardens…they
all offer to go down and help her find him.
Something caught my attention as I read this chapter. The
woman says that they … ‘belong to each other’.
Her attraction to him is not merely physical…but spans the wide array of
emotions…linking them heart….soul…and body to each other.
Once again….since I have no mate to belong too….I find
myself thinking about the love I should have for the father. I have entertained the thought that I belong
to him before. All I have is from him
and should be used to glorify him. But
I never really thought that God belonged to me. But I guess that is one way to
understand how very much he loves us. He
is always there…ready to do what I need...he has ever let me down. He loved me
so much that he gave his son to die to save my sins.
Jesus told us himself in Luke 10:27…. “He answered, "Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.” He loves us that way…so it just makes sense
for us to love him the same way. I can’t
think of a better thing to share with others than this great love that is so
much deeper than I have ever realized before.
Father…thank you for the reminder that a relationship is a
two way street. I belong to you…and you belong to me. Help me to use the deep love you give me each
day to help others. Show me how to share
you so that the most people around me can benefit from knowing you. Amen.
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