PrayerBits for Monday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Monday

Scripture lesson: Song of Solomon 8:6-7 Godly love

Scripture lesson: The Song of Solomon was originally a collection of (bawdy) love songs. However, they were allegorically interpreted, first as an expression of love between God and Israel and then between God and the Church.

Time to reflect: First read these verses as an description of romantic love. Then read them as a description of how the modern Christian Church, and your congregation, should feel about God. Do we have this kind of passion?

 6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
       like a seal on your arm;
       for love is as strong as death,
       its jealousy [a] unyielding as the grave. [b]
       It burns like blazing fire,
       like a mighty flame. [c]

 7 Many waters cannot quench love;
       rivers cannot wash it away.
       If one were to give
       all the wealth of his house for love,
       it [d] would be utterly scorned.