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respect and trust

Song of Songs 5:10-6:3 (JDV)

Song of Songs 5:10 My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand.
Song of Songs 5:11 His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.
Song of Songs 5:12 His eyes are like doves beside flowing streams, washed in milk and set like jewels.
Song of Songs 5:13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, mounds of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Song of Songs 5:14 His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel covered with lapis lazuli.
Song of Songs 5:15 His legs are alabaster pillars set on pedestals of pure gold. His presence is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
Song of Songs 5:16 His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable. This is my love, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 6:1 Where has your love gone, most beautiful of women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
Song of Songs 6:2 My love has gone down to his garden, to beds of spice, to feed in the gardens and gather lilies.
Song of Songs 6:3 I am my love’s and my love is mine; he feeds among the lilies.

respect and trust

Her love for him is not blind. She knows who he is, what he is like, and where he is. Her love for him is a choice, and it is the right choice. She delights in him, and trusts him, even when she does not understand why he is not present. They mutually love and respect each other.

LORD, teach us married couples to love, respect and trust each other.