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Week 46 Day 6: Mutual Love and Belonging
Question：What Emotions Does the Woman Express Through Her Description of Her Beloved?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- The woman expresses her longing for and delight in her beloved. Love is more delightful than wine, and her beloved is exceedingly beautiful.
- The bride and bridegroom love one another and communicate their feelings. They are lovesick with longing for each other, yet they are willing to let love unfold naturally in its own time.
- Their love is characterized by complete belonging and exclusive faithfulness: “My beloved is mine, and I am his”; he browses his flock among the lilies.
- At night, the woman lies in bed, perhaps searching in a dream for the one her heart loves. She searches for him but cannot find him.
Meditation: My Story
- Community - The Song of Songs portrays the complete belonging and exclusive faithfulness of romantic love between a man and a woman. What does this poem teach me about my attitude toward romantic love?
- Identity - Genesis 1–2 describes God’s creation and His intention in creating male and female: that they would become one and love one another. But after humanity sinned, the husband would rule over his wife, and the wife would desire her husband. The beauty of love portrayed in the Song of Songs expresses God’s original design in creation and also challenges humanity’s distorted views of romantic love. Do these chapters help us understand more deeply the vision and meaning of marriage?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
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