Friday, January 26, 2018

Song of Solomon 3

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases. v.5


Read chapter 3
How often do us women try to awaken love before it's time?  So often do women get impatient waiting for the guy to make the first move whether the initial asking out, or pressuring for an engagement.  The Shulamite woman is saying to these women of the city to not press her and excite her passions for her lover till it is time.  She desires to maintain purity as hard as it can be.  These girls aren't being good accountability friends to her to help her desire for purity in her relationship with her fiancee.  Yet it also seems like these women are trying to insight an unhealthy relationship with another man than her fiancee- with Solomon instead of her country boy.  How often too today do other women fantasy of other men even though they are married or in a relationship with another, and do it plainly in the sight of others and encourage this behavior.  It may start with just a fantasy but often leads to so much more that in the end causes broken relationships and more pain than the initial pleasure.
When have you awakened love too early in your relationships?  What succeed?  How have you encouraged others to engage in unhealthy passions rather than encourage purity? 

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