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an intimate place

Song of Songs 3:1-11 (JDV)

Song of Songs 3:1 In my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him but did not find him.
Song of Songs 3:2 I will get up now and go about the city, through the streets and the plazas. I will seek the one I love. I sought him but did not find him.
Song of Songs 3:3 The guards who go about the city found me. I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”
Song of Songs 3:4 I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held on to him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house — to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
Song of Songs 3:5 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.
Song of Songs 3:6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from every fragrant powder of the merchant?
Song of Songs 3:7 Look! Solomon’s bed surrounded by sixty warriors from the mighty men of Israel.
Song of Songs 3:8 All of them are skilled with swords and trained in warfare. Each has his sword at his side to guard against the terror of the night.
Song of Songs 3:9 King Solomon made a carriage for himself with wood from Lebanon.
Song of Songs 3:10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, and its seat of purple. Its interior is inlaid with love by the young women of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 3:11 Go out, young women of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding — the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

an intimate place

The bride dreams of looking for her lover, and then finding him. In her dream, she takes him to an intimate place. She sees Solomon “on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.”

Even the longing for our time together can be a joyous thing. Marital love is one of the gifts from our heavenly Father.

LORD, thank you for the joy that is ours as married couples.