Day 2 Song of Songs

Song of Songs 1: 9-17

Verse 15. "How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh how beautiful, your eyes are doves." - NIV

First, I looked up some of the times doves are used in the Bible and what they represent. Doves are the only bird that can be used as an offering because it is the only bird that is clean. Doves represent purity. They are also known for their fierceness. That being said, Once the women finally got done with her ramblings of unworthiness, her husband responded. He told her how beautiful she was, how he wanted to adorn her with jewels, how she was like a dove. she had just gotten through tearing herself down, saying she was dirty, and his response was you couldn't be more wrong.

 

 If we could just be quiet and let Jesus speak to us. He would tell us the same thing. Darling you are so very wrong. That isn't who you are at all. You my Beloved are beautiful, you are clean, you are pure, you my beloved are fierce. You need to believe in who I say you are because when you let the devil undermined your self worth you give up your power over him. You are a daughter of the ONE TRUE KING and we better start acting like it. When we do all the talking we always end up stuck in our heads and that's a dangerous place to be.  We need to LISTEN. Jesus wants to speak to us and we just need to sit still and listen.

Jesus,

Song of Songs isn't just this beautiful picture of what marriage can be, but also a picture of your love for us. We are your beloved. Much like the young women in the story we tend to spend our time with you doing all the talking, which always leads to how we arent enough. We aren't pretty enough, christian enough, strong enough, tough enough, smart enough, ect. You want so much more for us then this self doubt and pity. If we could be still and listen you would cleanse us with words of love and affirmation. You would reminded us of who we are and who you are. God help me to listen more.

In Jesus' name

Amen.