To Know Jesus and Make Him Known

Mutual Admiration – SS 7

The man fawns over the woman’s beauty, letting her know that every part of her is graceful and lovely.  He ignores that she is “dark” from the sun and farmer tanned.  He sees the beauty she carries and calls it out.  He likens her to beautiful images that we are not familiar with.  His descriptions are of someone who travels so it would seem that this is Solomon here (as opposed to the shepherder).

She responds with eagerness, a man’s greatest delight.

For fun, I’ve added the “literal” depiction of the woman.  Of course we take the Bible literarily.  But just for fun…

If Only… SS 8

If Only… SS 8

Another title for this chapter could be "breasts" because that's what it's about. The woman says something kind of...