Day 6 "You Are Lovely"
One With Our Groom
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Good Morning Beauties!
Welcome to the second stanza and attribute of who God made you. You are LOVELY. What is the first thing you think of when you hear that word. What pictures come to mind? Be sure to write down your thoughts of how you currently see your loveliness.
If we look at the root word, we see LOVE. How awesome! God is love, and so here’s just another example of God being the center of who we are. He’s right smack dab in the middle of you and me. He’s in us and around us and we’re one. Selah.
I mentioned earlier in our journey that I received Jesus’ love and fell in love with Him during a Bible study of Song of Solomon. I hope you had a chance to read it. The love of the Groom for His Bride is undeniable and so beautifully written. Below you will find a portion of the first chapter where the Bride (Shulamite) has a difficult time accepting the Bridegroom’s love because of her “darkness” or her sin. She feels unworthy of the adoration of the Groom, and yet He assures her His love is very real and He sees past her darkness.
Do you struggle with the same thing? What will it take for you to believe the Truth about your loveliness in the eyes of the Lord? Selah.
Enjoy this beautiful version of the verse. Open your heart wide and receive His love and His truth.
Song of Songs 1:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The Shulamite
5 Jerusalem maidens, in this twilight darkness[a]
I know I am so unworthy—so in need.
The Shepherd-King
Yet you are so lovely!
The Shulamite
I feel as dark and dry as the desert tents
of the wandering nomads.[b]
The Shepherd-King
Yet you are so lovely—
like the fine linen tapestry hanging in the Holy Place.
Footnotes:
Song of Songs 1:5 Or “black.” The Hebrew root word used here for “black” or “dark” means “twilight darkness” or “morning gray.”
Song of Songs 1:5 Literally “dark as the tent curtains of Kedar.” There is a wordplay in the Hebrew, as the word Kedar means “a dark one” or “a dark place.” This was the name of one of the sons of Ishmael and represents our old Adam life. See Ps. 120:5.
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“Look at you, my dearest darling, you are so lovely! You are beauty itself to me. ”