Sunrise on Glasgow Farm
“Love is as strong as death. . .” Song of Solomon 8:6
True love is passionate, unquenchable, fiery and devoted at all cost.
We galloped through an open field on our horses, then slowed to a trot and talked while riding side by side. Our conversation went from one level of glory to the next. It was heavenly. I had never told anyone the dreams of my heart, until that day- nor anyone else since. A connoisseur of the finest delectable fare would never want to share a spread with anyone other than one who had tasted and seen the very essence of the unspeakable. The sun started to set and we realized we had been talking for hours, though it seemed like minutes.
That was my first date with my husband, Dale. Our first date was and is the very signature of our marriage. Passion and fiery love is drawn from the depths of two people, unified in spirit. The strength of our marriage is exactly proportionate to how much we love each other. The more I know him, the more I love him. The more I love him the more I want what he wants and dislike what he dislikes. The stronger the marriage, the more passionate it becomes.
This kind of love will sacrifice anything for love. If given the choice of living in a castle with all the riches afforded me without Dale or living in a hobbit home craved out of dirt on the side of a hill with him, I would choose the latter. I would do anything to be with him.
The same is true for our lives as Christians. A Christian’s strength and conviction is exactly proportionate to how much we love Jesus. The more we know Him the more we love Him; the more vehement our love, the more we want what He wants and dislike what He dislikes. Yet, we can’t fully love Him until we know how much He loves us. Once we get this revelation- we are lit with a holy fire of love that is unquenchable and for this kind of love we would do anything.
God authored a lyrical poem written by Solomon about marital bliss in which He and His bride are consumed by this love that transcends knowledge. The poem is metaphorical with figurative language expressing timeless truths- only understood by those consumed by His love.
As women, it’s not surprising that we long for great love stories. But, the consummation of any love story will never satisfy us in the core of our spirit. Only Jesus can fulfill our passion to love and to be loved, in the deepest sense.
True love is passionate, unquenchable, fiery and devoted at all cost.
God in His infinite wisdom and love for us described ultimate love through an allegory of the passionate bride and groom.
Jesus, I love You. I want more of You! Break my heart for what breaks Yours. Open my eyes to the things unseen. Everything I have is Yours! Baptize me with Your love! I want the flame of Your fire to consume me with unwavering devotion!
Ephesians 3:14-21 says it well;”For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory. . . for ever and ever! Amen.”
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.” Song of Solomon 8:6 ESV