Our problem is we desire relationships that satisfy us rather than shape us. God’s design for love shapes what we find beautiful. This is a song. About Human Love. Found in the Bible. Written to Give Us Wisdom. Song of Solomon 1:1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. Shaping Our Attractions Song of Solomon 1:2-4 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; 3 your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. 4 Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. Shallow attraction cannot sustain deep love. Shaping Our Beauty Song of Solomon 1:5-6 I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. 6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept! The world teaches us to admire what fades while God values what lasts. Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 1 Peter 3:3-4 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. Shaping Our Standards Song of Solomon 1:7–8 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? 8 If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. Our standards determine what we pursue and what we permit. Jesus changes what we love because of who we love. Plug into a Lifegroup: Lifegroups Step in Serving? Lifeteams