The Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valleys!
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Song of Solomon 2:1-17
(She Or [He])I am a rose Probably a member of the crocus family of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
(He)Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
(She)Like an apple Or possibly [apricot]; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
(He)My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
(She)My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. Or [the hills of Bether]
Psalms 17:7-8
Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Revelation 3:20
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Romans 8:6
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, The Greek for [temptation] and [tempted] can also mean [testing] and [tested]. he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Song of Solomon 1:2
(She The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions [He] and [She] respectively. The words of others are marked [Friends]. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.)Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
Proverbs 6:10-11
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
