The nature of true love, or authentic love is much more than a surface relationship; it extends to the very core of one's being. Love like this cannot be bought and sold like some commodity on the open market.

Aphorism of a sage : Were a man to offer all the wealth of his house to buy love, contempt is all he would purchase. - The Song Of Songs -

With king Solomon large harem, how could he write such a beautiful love song to one specific wife? He had many wives, but the Shulamite woman may have been the only one with whom he enjoyed a warm, enriching relationship. Perhaps his union with the Shulamite woman was the only authentic marriage relationship which he ever know. Most of his marriages were political arrangements, designed to seal treaties and trade agreements with other nations. In contrast, the Shulamite woman was not a cultured princess but a lowly vineyard keeper whose skin had been darkened by her long exposure to the sun. - The Song Of Songs 1:6 - Yet, she was the bride to whom king Solomon declared, "How much better than wine is your love, and the scent of your perfumes than all spices."

What spells lie in your love,
my sister, my promised bride!
How delicious is your love, more delicious than wine!
How fragrant your perfumes,
more fragrant than all other spices! - The Song Of Songs 4:10 -

The great message of the Song of Songs is the beauty of love between a man and a woman [male and female] as experienced in the relationship of marriage. In its frank but beautiful language, the song praises the mutual love which husband and wife feel toward each other in this highest of all human relationships.

The sexual and physical side of marriage is a natural and proper part of God's plan, reflecting His purpose and desire for the human race. This is the same truth so evident at the beginning of time in the Creation itself. God created man and woman [male and female] and brought them together to serve as companions and to share their lives with one another. A bold, Yes! to the beauty and sanctity of married love.

Yahweh God built the rib he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man. The man exclaimed:

"This at last is bone from my bones,
and flesh from my flesh!
This is to be called woman,
for this was taken from man."

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and joins himself to his wife, and they become one body. - Gen. 2:22-24 -

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to test him they said, 'Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?' He answered, 'Have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why a man leave father and mother, and cling to his wife, and the two become one body? There are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.' - Matt. 19:3-6 - Mark 10:2-12 -

You know, surely, that your bodied are members making up the body of Christ; do not think I can take parts of Christ's body and join them to the body of a prostitute? Never! As you know, a man who goes with a prostitute is one body with her, since the two, as it is said, become one flesh. But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

Keep away from fornication. All the other sins are committed outside the body; but to fornicate is to sin against your own body. Your body, you know is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you since you received him from God. Your are not your own property; you have been bought and paid for. That is why you should use your body for the glory of God. - 1Cor. 6:15-20 -

A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats the Church, because it is his body - and we are its living parts. For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one body. This mystery has many implications; but I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church. To sum up; you too, each one of you, must love his wife as he loves himself; and let every wife respect her husband. - Eph. 5:29-33 -

Agape, and authentic love is possible in the world because God brought love into being and planted that emotions in the hearts of His people. Even husbands and wives should remember that the love which they share for one another is not a product of their human goodness or kindness. We are able to love because the love of God is working in our lives.

My dear people,
let us love one another
since love comes from God
and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,
because God is love.

God love for us was revealed
when God sent into the world his only Son
so that we could have life through him;
this the love I mean:
not our love for God,
but God love for us when he sent his Son
to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away. - 1John 4:7-10 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -