Lasting Love
Song of Songs 8
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 6-7) "Place me like as seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."
My Thoughts
This may be a long post, so I apologize in advance for that. In Song of Songs 8, it is the beloved who is speaking. The beloved is the woman whom Solomon is in love with. She says to "place me like a seal on your heart." What she is effectively saying here is to "save your love for me." So what does this mean for us?
This means we should do the same: save our love for 'the one.' It is normal to be attracted to someone, and it should not be frowned upon or shamed. It's also normal to have feelings of embarrassment or shyness about it as well. There is also no harm in getting to know that person better because usually, we are first attracted to someone based on a single event.
It could be that you are attracted to the way they look, smell, talk, or any number of things. Most often it starts because of a single thing, but sometimes a combination. All that really means is that, whatever it is that made you attracted to that person is something in itself that you are attracted to. You need to get to know the person better before you start really being 'in love' with them.
I have been attracted to more than one girl in my life, and only really 'in love' with one. That's another story though. What this post is supposed to be about is a lasting love and saving your love. So, when you are attracted to someone, you need to get to know them better before anything else. If it turns out that you are in love with them, after you know them more, then you have to talk to God.
We need to make sure that the person that we are in love with is the person that God wants us to be with. The girl I was talking about I had known for a couple years before I said anything to her about it. Later on, I saw a different attitude and I knew that she was not the one for me.
Some people seem to have a new boyfriend/girlfriend every week or so. That's the kind of thing we should not be doing. Getting to know someone is one thing, but being intimate, even if it's only hugging and kissing and cuddling, is completely another. When you're constantly with someone in that way, and you're often with someone new, you're emotions and you're hormones are going wild. Really high one day or for a while, then when the relationship ends because reasons, they will be really low.
An emotional rollercoaster is not the kind of thing you really want, especially when you're in school or have other things that you need to focus on. While you're in school, my advice would be to focus on school, not intimate relationships. There are times when it is best to focus on certain things more so that other things.
When the time comes, I am sure you will know. God will work everything out for the best. Just trust Him and talk to Him often.
This means we should do the same: save our love for 'the one.' It is normal to be attracted to someone, and it should not be frowned upon or shamed. It's also normal to have feelings of embarrassment or shyness about it as well. There is also no harm in getting to know that person better because usually, we are first attracted to someone based on a single event.
It could be that you are attracted to the way they look, smell, talk, or any number of things. Most often it starts because of a single thing, but sometimes a combination. All that really means is that, whatever it is that made you attracted to that person is something in itself that you are attracted to. You need to get to know the person better before you start really being 'in love' with them.
I have been attracted to more than one girl in my life, and only really 'in love' with one. That's another story though. What this post is supposed to be about is a lasting love and saving your love. So, when you are attracted to someone, you need to get to know them better before anything else. If it turns out that you are in love with them, after you know them more, then you have to talk to God.
We need to make sure that the person that we are in love with is the person that God wants us to be with. The girl I was talking about I had known for a couple years before I said anything to her about it. Later on, I saw a different attitude and I knew that she was not the one for me.
Some people seem to have a new boyfriend/girlfriend every week or so. That's the kind of thing we should not be doing. Getting to know someone is one thing, but being intimate, even if it's only hugging and kissing and cuddling, is completely another. When you're constantly with someone in that way, and you're often with someone new, you're emotions and you're hormones are going wild. Really high one day or for a while, then when the relationship ends because reasons, they will be really low.
An emotional rollercoaster is not the kind of thing you really want, especially when you're in school or have other things that you need to focus on. While you're in school, my advice would be to focus on school, not intimate relationships. There are times when it is best to focus on certain things more so that other things.
When the time comes, I am sure you will know. God will work everything out for the best. Just trust Him and talk to Him often.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
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