The "loves" of the Lord...{reprint}

Today I just want to share with you a beautiful passage in scripture - and the Hebrew word study that just causes my heart to bow in worship...even making this post has caused me to marvel anew at this sweetness of our Lord...

The Pomegranate - a symbol of God's love and representing hope of eternal life...the many red seeds is said to represent the neverending love of the Lord towards us.

 

For your love is better than wine (Song of Song of Solomon 1:2).

Jewish Date

SIVAN
13

The Bible has a love song—: the Song of Solomon, which some consider a beautiful allegory about a bridegroom and bride, representing God and us. At its beginning, the bride says of the bridegroom, "For your love is better than wine." Significantly, the Hebrew reads ki-tovim dodeykha miyyayin, not "your love" but "your loves [plural] are better than wine."

We, as the bride, must speak these words, for God not only has love for us, but has abundant "loves." When you lean on the Lord, as a child learning to walk, God loves you with one love. But when you fall and need comfort, he loves you with another love. When you're young in him, zealous and naďve, he loves you with one love. When you are old in the Lord, deeply rooted and wise, he loves you with another. The love with which he loves you today is a new love, not an old love. He loves you tonight, not with this morning's love, nor this morning with last night's love. His love is new every morning and every moment.

God has many loves for us, more than enough for a lifetime. Receive the new love he has for you right now as you say with your heart, "Your loves are more delightful than wine."

The italicized portion is taken from the Voice of the Lord edited by David J. Rudolph. Copyright © 1998. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Messianic Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. www.messianicjewish.net.