"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death. Jealousy is fierce as the grave. It's flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord."
Song of Solomon 8:6 ESV
The study note says: Love, like death, is relentlessly persistent, always accomplishing its goal.
Seal: assigned ownership of an object; a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.
Jealousy: resolute devotion
To think this is how God loves me, brings me to tears. It's hard to describe this kind of love in words. It's something I have to experience.
Although, I say I want to be loved, there are times I find myself pushing love away and running the other direction. It might be because of fear or shame. It might be because I feel I'm not worthy of love, something I did that would make Him quit loving me. But that "thing" is actually the very reason He died for me. He doesn't love me less, He loves me more. There is absolutely no way to earn His love. It is simply mine for the taking.
"My Beloved speaks and says to me, Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away."
Song of Solomon 2:10
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