I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for a great love story. The sappier the better. It usually goes something like this. Two people meet. They fall in love. But something gets in the way. A heart is broken. But then, somehow, against all odds, they finally get back together and live happily ever after. It never gets old to me.
It is not something I often think about – but the Bible is a passionate love story. A love story beyond all love stories. A redemptive love story.
Adoration, passion and intimacy are modeled poetically for us in Song of Solomon (NIV).
9You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.
10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much more pleasing is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume
more than any spice!
We love God but it is often hard to know how to adequately love him back. How could we ever give back to Him? As David says in Psalm 40 (NIV):
5None can compare with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many to declare.
But much like a wife longs to “just be” with her husband, what God wants most is our presence. Our whole being. Not doing something. Not producing something but just being wholly, completely, with Him.
Close your eyes as you listen to this song and listen to Him as He bids you to draw near.
Lord, Thank you for loving me. For claiming me as your own, even though it came with such an incredible cost. Help me to “just be” with you.
Ann (naturelady)
Sixty-six books in a year 