Probably a lot of these posts are going to be based off of Song of Solomon. It's the most romantic book of the bible. Now... I consider myself a romantic girl, by all means, but I'm realizing more and more how important it is to have that romantic passion for the Lord.
In Song of Solomon, the Shulamite rightly chooses between the flashy wealth of the king, and the passionate true love of the Shepard. She knew that riches untold could NEVER compare to the ardent love of her Beloved. She said: "My Beloved is mine, and I am HIS." And OH, how he loved her! It's easy to tell! He calls out to her.. "Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold you are fair!"
Webster's current dictionary defines fair as:
Free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character.
Now, I don't know about you... but I want the Lord looking down at me calling me FAIR! To the Shepard the Shulamite was fairest among women! She was free from blemish in his eyes! She had no imperfections in her heart. THAT is what I want to be for the Lord!
I'm positive that the Shulamite was beautiful to the Shepard on the outside as well. He did plenty of comparisons to prove that! But he tells her that they're are sixty queens, eighty concubines,And virgins without number.... but HIS dove... the perfect one, is the ONLY one. There had to be more than just looks to make her the ONLY one he could love. She loved him with more than her looks, she loved him with her heart!
When you love someone with your entire heart, you do everything you can to demonstrate that love! I want to prove my love to the Lord by becoming fair on the inside, so that my heart can mirror HIS.
I'm gonna start working on my character a lot more, and a lot more fervently. I'm going to start just really striving for gratefulness, holiness, humility, joyfulness, kindness, patience, virtue, and wisdom... so that I too might be called Fair in the eyes of the Lord.
