SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/26/2013
9:37 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
The beauty of her husband
Bible Reading & Meditation
Reference: Song of Solomon 5:10-16
Message of the
verses: “10 “My beloved is dazzling
and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. 11 “His head is like gold, pure
gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven. 12 “His eyes
are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their
setting. 13 “His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh. 14 “His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires. 15 “His legs
are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like
Lebanon Choice as the cedars. 16 “His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is
wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of
Jerusalem."
“10 My dear lover glows with health—red-blooded,
radiant! He’s one in a million. There’s no one quite like him! 11 My golden one, pure and untarnished, with
raven black curls tumbling across his shoulders. 12 His eyes are like doves, soft and bright, but
deep-set, brimming with meaning, like wells of water. 13 His face is rugged, his beard smells like
sage, His voice, his words, warm and reassuring. 14 Fine muscles ripple beneath his skin, quiet
and beautiful. His torso is the work of a sculptor, hard and smooth as ivory.
15 He stands tall, like a cedar, strong
and deep-rooted, A rugged mountain of a man, aromatic with wood and stone.
16 His words are kisses, his kisses
words. Everything about him delights me, thrills me through and through! That’s
my lover, that’s my man, dear Jerusalem sisters.” (The Message)
I
use the Message paraphrase Bible to help us understand better what the
Shulamite is saying about her husband.
In the same way that Solomon describes the Shulamite we had a hard time
understanding it because of the different culture that we now live in, so I
hope that the Message will be a help to us.
I
heard a story about a couple who had been married for a fairly long time and
the wife was upset with her husband because he never told her that he loved her
since they had been married. The husband
told his wife that when they got married he told her that he loved her and
since nothing had changed he felt no need to tell her again. Well this is not
the right approach to take for a married couple. God’s Word says that a husband is to love his
wife as Christ loves the Church, and Christ died for the Church. The Bible says that the wife is suppose to
respect her husband, for that is what the husband need to feel good. The wife needs to know she is loved and the
husband needs to know that he is respected.
We
discussed that the last section was probably a dream that the Shulamite had
about her beloved, but perhaps if she would have said these things that are
found in this section to him before she went to bed she would not have had this
bad dream that she had.
Dr.
Wiersbe quotes 1 Cor. 13:4 which says that love is patient and love is kind,
but love also needs to be nourished too.
Even
though we do not use the terms that she used to describe her husband in our
culture, nevertheless the point in all of this is that we are to use terms to
show or love for our mates (husbands or wives) in way that they know they are
loved.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: Make sure
that my wife knows that I love her.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Proverbs 3:5-6.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-3
1 God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we shall not fear,
though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar
and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Twice as much or two omers”
(Exodus 16:22).
Today’s Bible
Question: “Paul planted, Apollos
watered, who gave the increase?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
6/26/2013 9:59 AM
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