Song of Solomon 7
The Commitment of Marriage!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, December 11.
There is a myth I am fond of busting when I officiate weddings. The myth is that the very act of getting married fulfills the participants and they live happily ever after. Life is not a fairy tale; the reality is that marriage is like an empty box that must be filled with the things each partner hopes to receive from the other, such as intimacy, friendship, and forgiveness. The key to a successful marriage is that each participant must make the daily commitment to put more into the box than they take out of it. If you want intimacy, you must demonstrate love and respect. If you want friendship, you must invest the time to be a friend. If you want forgiveness, you must show mercy and give grace.
Whereas marriage is a commitment you make, love is the fertile field that you must cultivate deeply and sow good seed, so that you may bear good fruit. Song of Solomon 7:10-13 describes a very intentional cultivation of love in the marriage of Solomon and the Shulammite:
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, let us spend the night in the villages. Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded and its blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; and over our doors are all choice fruits, both new and old, which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
God bless you!
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