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Song of Songs 8:14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains. There is just something about young love, love when it takes over a life, captivates our thinking and feeling, seizes our desires and longings. Every waking moment, and even in dreams of theContinue reading “Young Love”

14Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains. These concluding remarks by the wife to her husband are an invitation to him for intimacy. She wants him to be intimate with her. She has responded to his overtures, and is ready. He in turn hasContinue reading “25Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 8:14”

1If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me. PDA, Public Displays of Affection, vary from culture to culture and change over time. We know from watching the news that in mostContinue reading “24Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 8:1”

9and your mouth like the best wine. May the wine go straight to my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth. This verse starts with the husband saying that his wife’s mouth is like the best wine, and ends with her offering him this wine. This chapter is filled with imagery that evokes passion andContinue reading “23Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 7:9”

5aTurn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me. Lest you think that only women get overpowered by love, here is a husband who is overpowered by his wife’s eyes. He melts under their spell. I have been married for thirty one years. I still melt under my wife’s eyes! Now her eyes are not onlyContinue reading “22Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 6:5a”

6I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer. What do you do when someone criticizes your spouse? Do you jump on the band wagon and let allContinue reading “21Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 5:6”

16Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits. These words are in response to the husband’s description of the desirability of his wife. He did this using the images of fruit and sweet spices.Continue reading “20Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 4:16”

7All beautiful you are, my darling; there is no flaw in you. Women have a tendency to find fault in themselves. I don’t think there is a guy in the world who uses one of those magnifying mirrors and examines their face, and yet hundreds of millions of women do this every day. And theyContinue reading “19Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 4:7”

5Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Passion can take on a life of its own. It can become a driving force that just seems to take one over, compelling it to act. In those momentsContinue reading “18Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 3:5”

2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. Every woman wants to feel like she is special, and every man wants to feel like he has been chosen by a special woman. This chapter contains what could be some very erotic language, all hidden in earthy poetry. The casual reader would missContinue reading “17Oct 2011 Song of Solomon 2:2”