Happy Wednesday everybody!
I hope you are having a great day so far and that the beginning of your week is wonderful!
So last week in CSBS (Chronological School of Biblical Studies) we studied two books.. Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes. They were incredible! A few things that I learned from Song of Solomon were-
- That God really loves romantic relationships. He is so for them and so created them!
- Purity is beautiful.
- From the relationship of the man and woman in the book, I saw how strongly God desires intimacy. He desires it among his people with one another, especially in a marriage relationship. While I was reading it I saw the progression of how the couples love grew for each other. They desired each other so strongly... even just to be in one another's presence was satisfying
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Also, from this I understood Gods heart better. Something that is so important to Him is intimacy with his people, in chapter 8 verse 6 & 7 it reads: "Set me as a seal upon your heart as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned."
WOW!! How cool is that?
If you dont understand it, let me give you a tad insight of what I learned when I read it.. its an exclamation of love! Imagine you are sitting with your special someone and they were to tell you that nothing could quench their love for you.. its beautiful. But really I just thought of how God was saying that to all of His children.. that His love is as fierce as the grave and that nothing could stop it.. which reminds me of another verse in Romans 8.38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God."
- From the relationship of the man and woman in the book, I saw how strongly God desires intimacy. He desires it among his people with one another, especially in a marriage relationship. While I was reading it I saw the progression of how the couples love grew for each other. They desired each other so strongly... even just to be in one another's presence was satisfying
.
Also, from this I understood Gods heart better. Something that is so important to Him is intimacy with his people, in chapter 8 verse 6 & 7 it reads: "Set me as a seal upon your heart as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned."
WOW!! How cool is that?
If you dont understand it, let me give you a tad insight of what I learned when I read it.. its an exclamation of love! Imagine you are sitting with your special someone and they were to tell you that nothing could quench their love for you.. its beautiful. But really I just thought of how God was saying that to all of His children.. that His love is as fierce as the grave and that nothing could stop it.. which reminds me of another verse in Romans 8.38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God."
And from Ecclesiastes I learned A LOT too... here are a few of the things :)-
-Solomon could have written it when he was a grumpy old man after seeing the mistakes he had made in life and realizing that the things he poured himself into were pointless.
-Its a pretty pessimistic book but there are such amazing things that you can see while reading it. Solomon knew that life with God was greater than all riches, relationships, and enjoyments of life. While I was reading, I kept thinking of how it says in
Hebrews 12.27- "This means that the things on earth will be shaken, so that only eternal things will be left."
Solomon knew that relationship with God was ultimately the most fulfilling and lasting thing ever, despite the fact that he turned away from God.
TRUE THAT SOLOMON! way to get it.
Ecclesiastes 12.13 "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone."
This week we are studying the book of Job.. it is such a great book. I'm not finished with my homework from it yet but when I am done I will tell you all about it!
Final thoughts:
God loves us!
He wants intimate relationship with us!
No earthly thing will satisfy our eternal needs!
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Love love love, Meredith
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| sleepy Lucy |
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| Awkward family photo number 1. |
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| Awkward family photo number 2. |
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| Awkward family photo number 3. (The winner.) |
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| New tattoo. Africa has stolen my heart. |
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| Jesse Evans teaching on Ecclesiastes. |
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