SOS 3

Wow...took another little break there. I've been reading in different places, but I wanted to get back to blogging about Song of Solomon. It's truly breathtaking poetry and I think it has great wisdom about marriage and about God's love for us.

SOS 3

"Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced." ~SOS 3:11

I love this! I love that Solomon was royalty...this chapter clearly describes his chariot, his warriors, his majesty. And I love that he is wearing a crown that his mother placed on his head. She loved him, trusted him, approved of him. The crown was placed there on his wedding day...she was showing her approval and blessing of his marriage.

And my favorite line in all of the chapter: "the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced."

This is what marriage is supposed to be!! It's supposed to be a CELEBRATION!! I've been to so many weddings where everyone looked stressed out, or weddings where families don't get along, or weddings without the Lord. Those always make my heart a little sad.

Because a wedding is HUGE! It's two people coming before their friends and family and before a Holy God to VOW to each other and to God that they will make a life together forever.

The world sees marriage as a contract. "I'll do this, as long as you do that." But Christian marriage is a covenant. It's saying, "I will do this!" It's just like God painfully making a way of salvation for us, despite the fact that we don't deserve it. It's not based on what we've earned or what we deserve, or even how we feel...it's based on HIS immense LOVE for us, and our going into that covenant relationship with Him.

My wedding day was the BEST day of my life. The days I had my children are precious, but if I could relive any day it would def. be my wedding day. It was incredible to have everyone that I love all together to watch me seal a covenant with the man I love. I treasure that day.

It's funny...I've noticed that all fairy tales end at the wedding. I know why...it's the pinnacle, the high point. But life doesn't end there. And we short change ourselves if we don't think that our happiness can ever exceed that moment. It would be like someone dying right after they became a Christian. They would miss out on living the abundant life that Jesus paid for. It's not always easy...it's not always fun. BUT...I do learn more about the Lord and His will for me all the time.

My goal is that by the end of my life, I will have gotten so close to Him that dying will be a seamless transition. "Changing from glory to glory." And for my marriage, I forsee Bart and I once again surrounded by the people we love most, reaffirming our vows after 50 years. I believe our eyes will gleam with the same love, but be deepened by an understanding of each other and God that was not yet comprehendable on our wedding day.

From then to now to then...God, I pray they all be days our hearts rejoice!