Sacred Love - Celebration

“Sacred Love” Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1  "Celebration"    The Wedding Day . . . ·         This is a sacred celebration. (3:6-7a) o   It is pleasing to God o   It is an expression of the gospel story o   It is a public declaration   ·         She feels a sense of security. (3:7-8) o   She feels safe with him o   He is her shade, and his fruit is sweet to her o   He provides for her (3:9-10)   ·         He gives her his best. o   All he has is hers.   Later that Night . . . ·         He speaks to her. (4:1)   ·         He notices her beauty. (4:1-7) o   Eyes o   Hair o   Mouth/Lips o   Cheeks o   Neck o   Breasts o   “ . . .there is no flaw in you.”   ·         He creates an environment of intimacy that is safe and gentle. (4:8-15) o   Patience and gentleness   ·         They enjoy the pleasure of sexual intimacy. (4:11, 16-5:1) o   God created sex to be pleasurable, passionate, and enjoyable within the context of marriage. “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.  Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.”  Proverbs 5:18-19   “Sex is like a thermometer in marriage, not a thermostat, in that it measures the health of your intimacy rather than sets it.”