February 5, 2010

Today's reading: Leviticus 13, 14, 15; Psalm 5, 35, 65, 95, 125; Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5:19-20, "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"

In nine more day we will celebrate Valentine's Day. The holiday of love and lovers. Ah the memories of past Valentine's Day celebrations. I remember one year I bought my wife her favorite Chinese dinner and had it waiting for her when she came home from work. I also had purchased two sets of purple plates (her favorite color). One set of plates was larger than the others. I sat the smaller plates on top of the larger plates and decorated the table. I had flowers on the table and rose petals spread on the floor of the kitchen. I even bought some balloons and threw them all over the floor too. It was quite a sight. She was so surprised.

Why would I do something like that? I enjoyed doing those things for her because I knew that she would appreciate what I had done for her. It was love. Not like the world thinks of love. Their version is lust. The Scriptures deal with the intimate kind of love that husbands and wives are to have for one another; but, it is to be exercised within the bounds of marriage.

Look at our passage for today. It says, "...let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love." As married couples we need to have intimate sexual (yes, I said it) relations with our spouse. God made it and He made it good for husbands and wives to enjoy one another. That is not all though. We need to have an intimate relationship without the sexual part too. When I think of being satisfied by "her breasts", I think of the physical needs, sexual needs and also the closeness that it takes to accomplish that. it is a packaged deal.

I hope that each one of you are passionately in love with your husband or wife and if not it is time to rekindle the fire. It is possible, I promise. Read the (Scriptures) Book.