“Run away with me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.” Song of Solomon 8:14, CSB Well, this is the final post in our study of the Song of Solomon. We’ve traveled together through many thoughts and ideas. I hope you’ve discovered a real sense thatContinue reading “The Conclusion: The Spice Mountains, #66”
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Leaning Hard, #58
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?” Song of Solomon 8:5, ESV What is your personal wilderness? (Mine has been really incredible–lots of brush and prickly things.) But I’m convinced that you’ve got one too, and it’s not easy, is it? The journey is hard sometimes, and yet there’s a realContinue reading “Leaning Hard, #58”
His Right Hand, #57
“His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” Song of Solomon 8:3-4, ESV This is pretty intimate stuff. And honestly I don’t quite know how to present it. Verse 3 is repeated from 2:6, both describing the artContinue reading “His Right Hand, #57”
Kisses in Public, #56
“If only I could treat you like my brother,one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,I would find you in public and kiss you,and no one would scorn me.2 I would lead you, I would take you,to the house of my mother who taught me.I would give you spiced wine to drinkfrom the juice of my pomegranate.” SongContinue reading “Kisses in Public, #56”
A Young Dancing Deer, 2:16-17, #22
“My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.” She continues to daydream about him. She seems to be a poet, and shes a passionate woman, her longing for him is her chief thought; she’s completely absorbed by him.Continue reading “A Young Dancing Deer, 2:16-17, #22”
Arise My Love, 2:12-13, #20
“The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come,and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.13 The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.” I love to give flowers to my wife, but sometimes I forget. When I do give them toContinue reading “Arise My Love, 2:12-13, #20”
The Tribe of Love, 2:4, #14
She 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men.With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Concentrate on verse four–a “banqueting house” was a room, or even a building set aside forContinue reading “The Tribe of Love, 2:4, #14”
Malus Domestica, 2:3-4, #13
She 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men.With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Botanist’s call it malus domestica. In American English it’s just “apple tree.” If the malus partContinue reading “Malus Domestica, 2:3-4, #13”
The Song of Solomon 