Song of Solomon 2: Day of Love

"1 I'm just a wildflower picked from the plains of Sharon, a lotus blossom from the valley pools.

The Man

2 A lotus blossoming in a swamp of weeds— that's my dear friend among the girls in the village.

The Woman

3-4 As an apricot tree stands out in the forest, my lover stands above the young men in town. All I want is to sit in his shade, to taste and savor his delicious love. He took me home with him for a festive meal, but his eyes feasted on me! 5-6 Oh! Give me something refreshing to eat—and quickly! Apricots, raisins—anything. I'm about to faint with love! His left hand cradles my head, and his right arm encircles my waist! 7 Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you're ready. 8-10 Look! Listen! There's my lover! Do you see him coming? Vaulting the mountains, leaping the hills. My lover is like a gazelle, graceful; like a young stag, virile. Look at him there, on tiptoe at the gate, all ears, all eyes—ready! My lover has arrived and he's speaking to me!

The Man

10-14 Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful lover—come to me! Look around you: Winter is over; the winter rains are over, gone! Spring flowers are in blossom all over. The whole world's a choir—and singing! Spring warblers are filling the forest with sweet arpeggios. Lilacs are exuberantly purple and perfumed, and cherry trees fragrant with blossoms. Oh, get up, dear friend, my fair and beautiful lover—come to me! Come, my shy and modest dove— leave your seclusion, come out in the open. Let me see your face, let me hear your voice. For your voice is soothing and your face is ravishing.

The Woman

15 Then you must protect me from the foxes, foxes on the prowl, Foxes who would like nothing better than to get into our flowering garden. 16-17 My lover is mine, and I am his. Nightly he strolls in our garden, Delighting in the flowers until dawn breathes its light and night slips away.

Turn to me, dear lover. Come like a gazelle. Leap like a wild stag on delectable mountains!"

The Lord is really bringing me to a new season in my life. A season that I knew existed, I just never understood. He's now calling me to respond to him as "My Lover" and as "My Husband". That is what is so amazing about God. He is every situation anyone could ever be going through. Lord, Father, Lover. This is my season to call him Lover.

He's taking me to that place of realizing that I is my everything. He is sufficient. He is more than enough. He is all I need. I am not dependant on anyone on this earth. All good things come from the Lord. Excuse me: All good things come from my lover. My husband. And I'm excited to see what good things he's going to show me. He's going to woo me. He's going to chase after me and I'm going to let him catch me. He is mine and I am his.

He brought me to a place last night that was amazing, and I might share it with you sometime in the future, but as of right now, it's my little secret between me and my lover, and it was fantastic. I've never felt more love in my entire life.

I think the first time this whole idea of having him as a lover sort of freaked me out. I didn't understand it so I was awkward with it. I wasn't sure how it was supposed to look, what I was supposed to be doing. But now, My Lover has guided me now that my heart is completely open to receiving what he has for me. I mean completely. And it's so freeing. I've finally reached a place in my life where I can openly and honestly say something I've always wanted isn't so important to me anymore, but once again, that's something I'll have to get into some other time down the road.

Lover,

Thank you for calling me, thank you for loving me. Thank you for showing me something I never thought was possible. There's not much else to say other than I pray you continue to reveal yourself to me in this new way. My heart is yours. I thank you that you want it. I thank you that I can trust you with it. Holy Spirit remain with me today as I'm calling this day the Day of Love. Nothing is more powerful than your love and I feel so blessed to have it and know that I have it. I love you, I love you, I love you.

amen.

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