Morning — April 10 — Song of Solomon 1:5

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. — Song of Solomon 1:5The Shulamite says, I am black, but comely — dark from the sun of affliction, yet beautiful because of the Bridegroom's love. That's the believer's honest testimony: in myself I'm sinful, thoroughly corrupted, yet in Christ I'm complete. But you are washed, sanctified, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, His own special people. The beauty isn't yours — it's His, covering you.