Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 1, 2. My verse: 1:13,14  ". . . Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.  So I went with
him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me, O my Dove, while you are here in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see you face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face lovely."

The night before I read this I had wept my way through the final two chapters of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth.  As you read you sense what is coming because you become so in tune with Lily, the main character.  You sense her hopelessness.   She couldn't bring herself to marry for money as she was taught to, as those in her social circle did.  This was because she did love someone.  She said this was what kept her morally straight.  And yet she died with no hope, thinking she was unloved.  Such profound sadness.

Here in the Song of Solomon is an exquisite illutration of love - of God's love for us.  He desires us to come to Him - to come to Him for sweet fellowship, for refuge from the trials of the world, for strength to keep morally straight.

Unlike Lily's hopeless situation we do have a way out of a "loveless" live.  God ever so sweetly calls to us, longs for us to come to Him.  "... let me see you face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face lovely."

Such an amazing concept to wrap your mind around - but, so worth the effort!

Dear Lord, your Word constantly draws me to You!  Thank you.

Ditat Deus - God enriches.