“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with chains of gold… Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes… Like a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters… Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely. ”
Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate… Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armoury, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men… Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies… You are all fair, my love, and there is no spot in you…
You have ravished my heart with one look of your eyes, with one link of your necklace… How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, and the scent of your perfumes than all spices!
Your lips, O my spouse, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon… There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
My dove, my perfect one, is her mother, the favourite of the one who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?… How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skilful workman.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; a king is held captive by your tresses.
How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like its clusters. I said, “I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches.” Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, and the roof of your mouth like the best wine.”
Pretty romantic don’t you think? Here we see love and everything that comes with it, including passion and desire.
The amazing thing about these passages are their source… no, this was not taken from a romantic novel or movie, this comes straight from the book ‘Songs of Solomon’ from the Bible.
God, in His infinite greatness, included romance in His Word. This reveals the kind of love He intends for husbands and wives… pure and real, not based on appearances.
If you carefully read the above passages, you’ll notice that he, the husband, loves every part of his wife’s body! He simply adores her.
But, wives, don’t get carried away now, this romantic book of the Bible also shows the care, love, and respect of a wife. All women should read this book, especially because it has two meanings: the relationship between a couple, and the relationship between us and God (as our Husband). A must read!
In faith,
Mrs Cristiane Cardoso