Canticles 8:1-2
OH, THAT YOU WERE MY BROTHER, NURSED AT MY MOTHER'S BREASTS!
IF I MET YOU OUT OF DOORS, I WOULD KISS YOU AND NONE WOULD TAUNT ME.
I WOULD LEAD YOU, BRING YOU INTO THE HOME OF MY MOTHER.
THERE YOU WOULD TEACH ME TO GIVE YOU SPICED WINE TO DRINK AND
POMEGRANATE JUICE.
Canticles 8:1-2
Today God "woke up" in a romantic mood. =)
I mentioned how all morning He had spoken words of encouragement, hope and love ... that was sweet.
And He continued to do so as I read Canticles this afternoon. (It was the book I had to read today...coincidence???)
Then at the end He made me stop at this verse. Remember I have been meditating on Proverbs, and the importance of seeking God's wisdom...and then I run into this verse, God says "stop! read again!"
so, I stop and read again. Since I am kind of slow, and God was anxious to speak on the topic He decided not to ask me what I thought it meant.
He just added "Bea, do you want me to teach you how to love a man?"
I blushed.
I mean...why is God so straight forward?
I blush again as I write. I will blush even more as I publicly admit I simply answered "Yes"
I would be a total fool to answer any other way.
He has spoken to me so much this days on His wanting to give us council, and I have been praying "YES, I want your council" ...so "yes" was the only answer. But He took me by surprise, THIS topic was not in my prayer list for these 40 days... I mean, not directly. Even if someone had specifically asked me to pray about this, I kept pushing it aside thinking if we can get knowledge of God and fear of the Lord...then all will be added. It is true, but God being God and wanting to have some fun decided to do things differently.
He did tell me that I should not be surprised by the offer. "Bea, things in this world are such a mess. I mean just look around. Young people make a huge fuss about a tree being cut down, but they do not even wink at the thought of abortion! So much is confused. What is a man? What is a woman? how are they to complement each other? nobody really knows anymore." He paused and He pointed at the first part...if I met you out of doors, I would kiss you and none would taunt me. "What kind of kiss would she give him out doors? Think about what you see outdoors now...it just isn't right. The beauty, the perfume, the ¨I am yours, and you are mine" fragance is gone. Bea, we have been talking a lot about what LIFE is about, and it is about ME being able to paint along with you. Bea Gasca....I love you so much, I would love for you to participate with me on one of my most precious work of art. MARRIAGE as I fore saw it..."
God spoke on, but I hardly paid attention to His words. I was absorbed at the excitement that flows from His heart as He speaks on one of His masterpieces...marriage, so different from what one gathers from a peek outside at the world we are living in.
Yet when God speaks on marriage..it is so different, He just spoke on and on...and you could...and we would...and then...
It is supposed to be so special, I could percive the perfume He was mentioning above, the sacredness of a marriage bed, the delight in eachother, the nearness of two souls in a most cared for environment: marriage.
The beauty of friendship involved, care, respect, honor...those were some of the words He mentioned...I interruupted Him. "YES!"
He stopped and looked at me a bit surprised.
"Sorry Lord, it is just that you make it sound so good, a totally desireable thing. Yes, I want you to teach me how to love a man. And I think it is cool that you show us all about it, specially consider the one who specifically asked me to pray for this. YES, I AGREE! YES, give us council on this topic, show us to love our spouses the way you had fore planned!"
So, I blush and say Yes, and then after a second I decide to make God smile "Father, does that mean I get to meet THE man soon? And does that mean that instead of a graduatiion ceremony there will be a wedding?"
God did not answer, He just laughed and I laughed with Him too.
It has been a romantic afternoon.
IF I MET YOU OUT OF DOORS, I WOULD KISS YOU AND NONE WOULD TAUNT ME.
I WOULD LEAD YOU, BRING YOU INTO THE HOME OF MY MOTHER.
THERE YOU WOULD TEACH ME TO GIVE YOU SPICED WINE TO DRINK AND
POMEGRANATE JUICE.
Canticles 8:1-2
Today God "woke up" in a romantic mood. =)
I mentioned how all morning He had spoken words of encouragement, hope and love ... that was sweet.
And He continued to do so as I read Canticles this afternoon. (It was the book I had to read today...coincidence???)
Then at the end He made me stop at this verse. Remember I have been meditating on Proverbs, and the importance of seeking God's wisdom...and then I run into this verse, God says "stop! read again!"
so, I stop and read again. Since I am kind of slow, and God was anxious to speak on the topic He decided not to ask me what I thought it meant.
He just added "Bea, do you want me to teach you how to love a man?"
I blushed.
I mean...why is God so straight forward?
I blush again as I write. I will blush even more as I publicly admit I simply answered "Yes"
I would be a total fool to answer any other way.
He has spoken to me so much this days on His wanting to give us council, and I have been praying "YES, I want your council" ...so "yes" was the only answer. But He took me by surprise, THIS topic was not in my prayer list for these 40 days... I mean, not directly. Even if someone had specifically asked me to pray about this, I kept pushing it aside thinking if we can get knowledge of God and fear of the Lord...then all will be added. It is true, but God being God and wanting to have some fun decided to do things differently.
He did tell me that I should not be surprised by the offer. "Bea, things in this world are such a mess. I mean just look around. Young people make a huge fuss about a tree being cut down, but they do not even wink at the thought of abortion! So much is confused. What is a man? What is a woman? how are they to complement each other? nobody really knows anymore." He paused and He pointed at the first part...if I met you out of doors, I would kiss you and none would taunt me. "What kind of kiss would she give him out doors? Think about what you see outdoors now...it just isn't right. The beauty, the perfume, the ¨I am yours, and you are mine" fragance is gone. Bea, we have been talking a lot about what LIFE is about, and it is about ME being able to paint along with you. Bea Gasca....I love you so much, I would love for you to participate with me on one of my most precious work of art. MARRIAGE as I fore saw it..."
God spoke on, but I hardly paid attention to His words. I was absorbed at the excitement that flows from His heart as He speaks on one of His masterpieces...marriage, so different from what one gathers from a peek outside at the world we are living in.
Yet when God speaks on marriage..it is so different, He just spoke on and on...and you could...and we would...and then...
It is supposed to be so special, I could percive the perfume He was mentioning above, the sacredness of a marriage bed, the delight in eachother, the nearness of two souls in a most cared for environment: marriage.
The beauty of friendship involved, care, respect, honor...those were some of the words He mentioned...I interruupted Him. "YES!"
He stopped and looked at me a bit surprised.
"Sorry Lord, it is just that you make it sound so good, a totally desireable thing. Yes, I want you to teach me how to love a man. And I think it is cool that you show us all about it, specially consider the one who specifically asked me to pray for this. YES, I AGREE! YES, give us council on this topic, show us to love our spouses the way you had fore planned!"
So, I blush and say Yes, and then after a second I decide to make God smile "Father, does that mean I get to meet THE man soon? And does that mean that instead of a graduatiion ceremony there will be a wedding?"
God did not answer, He just laughed and I laughed with Him too.
It has been a romantic afternoon.
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