Marriage is the relationship to teach us about Jesus and his people (the Church). 1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. - Song of Solomon 1:1 2 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. - Song of Solomon 1:2-3 God's for marriage includes longing for physical intimacy with your spouse. Song of Solomon is painting a picture of what God intimacy to be. It is a portrait, not a measuring stick. “your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.” - Song of Solomon 1:3 OTHERS :We will exult and rejoice in you;we will extol your love more than wine;rightly do they love you. - Song of Solomon 1:4b Biblical sexual longing is to personal character. 5 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! - Song of Solomon 1:5-6 7 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? - Song of Solomon 1:7 We allow physical insecurity to keep us from marital intimacy. If you do not know,O most beautiful among women,follow in the tracks of the flock,and pasture your young goatsbeside the shepherds' tents. - Song of Solomon 1:8 We cannot allow physical imperfections to impact our of our spouse. Do we long for spiritual intimacy with Jesus? Questions about today's passage? Reach out to Paul Next Steps in Response to Today's Message Join a Lifegroup: Baptism: Sign Up Here Memoryverses.com