Pure love is eternally sweet
Song Of Songs/1Corinthians 13
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OT
2:7 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the swift gazelles and the deer of the wild, not to awaken love until the time is right.
3:5 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the swift gazelles and the deer of the wild, not to awaken love until the time is right.
8:4 I want you to promise, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right.
:14 Come quickly, my love! Move like a swift gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.
NT
13:11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
:13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
OT Flash Points
Do not awaken love until the time is right
I am chaste… but when the time is right…
Pray for couples to rediscover the joy of pure and devoted love for one another, the delight of giving ourselves completely for the pleasure of our beloved
NT Flash Points
God’s eternal love
The shadow of original love is human love and is the portal through which God’s love is transferred into the natural world
The Spirit of Christ, matures human love, transforming the very issue of the human heart
Perspective
Take the time today to do or make something special for someone you love
Try to make it entirely for their specific personal pleasure