As we reach the summit, Beloved encourages us to talk to Him. Our Bridegroom wants to hear our voice! He meets every need, never being embarrassed by the secrets we share—those soul injuries no one knows about. He dances upon Bether, which means “division,” chasing away every shadowy thought by the light of His Word. …
Continue reading →A fox would have been destructive enough, but a wolf? I knew I would be watchful that evening. I flooded the yard with lights, just to be sure the wolf knew there was no welcome mat at our homestead….
Continue reading →In Song of Solomon, we as Bride say “His eyes are like doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk and fitly set” (Song 5:12 NKJV). This references Beloved Jesus as filled with the Spirit, and rightly aligned. Can He also be this Lion? Yes, Love, He absolutely can be and He is. Beloved is holy, and not affected with sin the way we have been even though He has been tempted in every way (see Hebrews 4:15), so He is the only person who can pronounce this final judgment, and the only one who can save the Christian from it. This speaks doom to satan and his cohorts, but rescue to the Bride of Christ. …
Continue reading →A natural spring that has been frozen all Winter, has begun to trickle again. It gurgles across the grass and clay, etching a zig-zag into the land. A bumblebee sips from the rock it wets. …
Continue reading →Look at the power of the love-force you mention in chapter eight as natural love (ahabah). This kind of love is intense to the point that a man would give every one of his possessions to attain the woman’s attention, and he might even kill to protect her. It is so intense it cannot be drowned or extinguished and is comparable to “a most vehement flame.” This love force is a passion where reasoning is sometimes forgotten and a man might act out of impulse or even jealousy. …
Continue reading →We are a work in progress, and so are our friends. By pointing out what they are doing right, like Beloved does for us, this goes a long way in helping them to be all the more faithful…
Continue reading →Song of Solomon is a misunderstood book, and rarely read, because we don’t know how to interpret its passionate phrases and subject matter. And yet, here it is—smack dab in the middle of our Bibles. This mystery is unraveled when…
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