We see the groom arriving with a great procession and the crown that he is wearing is for his wedding day. Solomon is named as the groom. In Israel, the wedding day is a long-anticipated day. This is true for all cultures, but ancient Israel didn’t have a fixed wedding date. It was expected to […]
We get to look into the bride-to-be’s mind as she is dreaming. Her dream starts as a nightmare but ends in beauty. She FINDS him! I can relate to the fear we hear in the woman. Her greatest fears are being played out in her dreams. She can’t bare the thought of losing the man […]
Some time has passed but not the desire of the woman for her beloved. “He comes” she cries and watches as he approaches. And then he calls to her to come. We start off with the man coming to the home of the woman. It’s not a slow progress or a drudgery. He comes “leaping […]
The husband-to-be enters the story. We hear them express their mutual love for one another. Each sees the other standing out from all around them. A true gem. Our husband-to-be answers the question of where he pastures his flocks. She asked that she might pasture beside him. I suppose this is to have more time […]
We meet the first person in this love story; the future bride. She sings of her heart’s desire first. This is just her first time voicing her heart but we hear it loud and clear. Here we are, jumping in feet first and waiting to see where the Spirit takes us today. What I hear […]