God romances your soul through true intimacy. It is a pure, luring of your heart wherein He makes you what you were meant to be. It's true love in action. Having relationship with God is sometimes painful, other times emotionally charged; it isn't a stretch to say passion can be defined in allowing God to change you.
God romances our souls and shows us a better way, the Bible also talks about human romance too. God did give us the institution of marriage, love and yes, sex as something to enjoy. The world has taken these God-given gifts and twisted them but that's for another post. For now, I want to focus on the gift of romance.
Sexual love, desire and passion are dominant themes in the book called The Song of Solomon. Yes, there are double meanings to many passages in this book. Many scholarly commentaries discuss the allegory of Christ's love for His people. I'd like to point out the Song of Songs is also what it seems, a poetic literary romance.
Maybe you're blushing at this point in the post, but stop for a minute and think about this book of the Bible that so many read in secret or don't even bother to try and understand because of it's content and the author. Oh my, Solomon certainly had major issues where all this is concerned but that is for another post. I want to focus on the purity of the message found in this guide to romance.
If your committed in marriage to your spouse, there is no reason not to enjoy romancing them and share your passion in an intimate nature. If couples would inwardly focus their desires on each other, there would be a lot less infidelity in this world. Couples should create a secret love world all their own, a safe haven where the outside world can't shake its foundation. This is one lesson I glean from reading Solomon's love poetry.
I have taken chapter five, verse six of the Song of Songs and in my own way described the scene (It's her dream). Abishag was uncertain of partaking of her spouses desires and rejects his advances. She is restless and regrets her cold indifference, after realizing her mistake she searches for him in the dark streets, where shadows and fear lurk, only when she finds her love is she safe again.
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Song of Solomon 5:6
In her bed lay a maiden bare
with flowing spun adumbral hair
Her beloved did come at twilight hour
Allured be her loves' strong power
He knocked and beckoned so he could see her.
She neglected to let him enter.
Toppling here and there, her heart did rise
thus running to the door she did realize
her absence of action created a demise,
She thrust the door open and looked around
to find her lover was not there and
could not be found.
Her ear was strained for the calm of his voice,
the fall of his footsteps to make her heart rejoice.
Deep within her soul did hoist
a cry to the empty darkness, her eyes went moist.
Her brow did strain the shadows while standing upon the threshold,
her fleshly arms crawled from shivers cold
but in her depths roaring passions glowed,
Wrapping her shoulders with finest linen
she set afoot to find her given.
Treading along cobble and lane
she came upon the watchmen
who treated her in vain.
She pleaded and asked if they had seen her Lover,
then they struck and took her linen cover.
She escaped their taunts and stole away
Just as dawn beckoned the day.
Her eyes she lifted from road to yonder
and discovered her beloved,
she need no more wander.
Her hands did ache to be filled with his cloak
And her legs rushed swiftly.
They barely spoke.
She held him and would not let him go
walking arm and waist,
until safely they had sheltered at her families' abode.
Her bosom heaved from raging currents
as she unraveled separations torrents.
His strong arms enveloped her storm
and calmly her heart settled,
Safe,
No more forlorn.
Chandra Debee 1998
Now go read Song of Solomon and apply the lessons to the one God gave you to love. Ahh, romance!
Happy Valentines Day!
WOW, just read an article where mysticism has infiltrated the church and people are equating their intimacy with God as a 'sexual' experience... I do not intend this at all in my writing. God does show you how to love and does change you in a very intimate way, but to connotate a relationship with 'sexual' intimacy is wrong! It is NEW AGE deception!
Here is some awesome teaching on this passage... Come Lord Jesus... In full context... Are you ready for Jesus?
love that book! Did you know that that book is one of Uncle Dick's favorites.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that! Solomon knew what he was doing when he said, "You are all together beautiful, my love, there is no flaw in you."He used words mixed with unabashed flattery to woo." He probably did it with a sincerity that made her melt. Free tip guys: learn to woo with words (smartly phrased), it'll go a long way in the realm of love. (wink, wink)
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