Love! (May 20)

Take me away with you--let us hurry!  Let the king bring me into his chambers.  We rejoice and delight in you, we will priase your love more than wine.  How right they are to adore you!
                             Song of Songs 1:4 NIV

We read in the caption today that the Song of Songs is attributed to Solomon writing about the love between a bridegroom and his bride in his early adulthood and reign as king.

Reflect on the gift of human love from God.  Consider how much has been written about love; scriptural and secular; done and said about love and how misunderstood it is by many.  Love is such a deep concept and it has many attributes that are beautifully described in 1 Corinthians 13 (pg 1515 in The One Year Chronological Bible. 

Now contrast our love of each other as a mere dim reflection of God's love for us.  He gave us His Son; who took us away with him, brought us into the kings chambers, and then we may appreciate God's love much more than fine wine. We are in fact blessed abundantly in any situation by His steadfast, just, and abounding grace on a moment by moment basis.

How do you show your appreciation for God's love?

What attributes do you see in Love?

Pray to reflect God's love to others.

In Christ,

David P