“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads.” - Song of Songs 1:10 We’ve been eaves dropping on a bit of romance these days on SoSSaturday. We are listening in as the Shepherd King describes His maiden fair. Last week we heard Him tell her of how He loved her cheeks [...]
Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold - #SoSSaturday We will make for you ornaments of gold with beads of silver. - Song of Songs 1:11 The two most precious materials of ancient times–Gold and Silver. Thus the Shepherd King intends to deck out His maiden fair. Can you imagine how our girl feels when she [...]
“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads.” - Song of Songs 1:10 As we look at the Shepherd King’s words toward our maiden fair we are going to see Him use dozens of word pictures. Last week we looked at an example of an image from nature, this week we see [...]
I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots. (Song of Songs 1:9 NKJV) This always reminds me of the scene in the movie A Knights Tale. William Thatcher is trying to woo the maiden Jocelyn and well sticks his hoof in his mouth. She asks him to speak beautiful words to [...]
…O fairest among women... (Song of Songs 1:8 NKJV) He speaks! Verse 8 contains the Shepherd’s first words in the Song. And look at how He addresses our damsel in distress. Fairest of them all! With all our girl is stressing over: Her conflict of inner and outer cleanliness The abuse of her mother’s sons [...]
If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. - Song of Songs 1:8 Now our girl has suffered some abuse and some frustration at the hand of her mother’s sons. Her heart cries out [...]
Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? - Song of Songs 1:7 When we left our girl she was distressed about the state of her vineyard – her own spiritual walk. She was spent and missing the intimacy she [...]
They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. - Song of Songs 1:6 We have arrived at the third of three disasters that have presented themselves in quick succession to our Maiden. Keep in mind – our paradigm is that the Maiden is an individual, passionate, [...]
My mother’s sons were angry with me - Song of Songs 1:6 Last week we looked at the Maiden’s first big problem she felt dirty on the outside but had beauty on the inside. Today we get a look at a second crisis in her walk with the Lord – Momma’s boys. It is interesting [...]
I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. - Song of Songs 1:5 NKJV Our girl has spent the evening in the Kings courts. She experienced His personal care for the first time. Now she knows what Isaiah learned in the year that King [...]