Love looks ridiculous from the outside. Have you ever observed two people in love and shaken your head at their obsession with each other, their endless affectionate touches and their silly pet names? You might well feel a bit the same reading these steamy verses of desire in the Songs of Solomon. You might feel that this syrupy ‘lovey-dovey’ stuff is all a bit over the top and that these feverish love birds should calm down. But that’s the way it is with a love relationship. It always looks strange from the outside. However, when you are on the inside you find yourself acting just like those people that you previously shook your head at. It is the same with having a relationship with God. From the outside it looks ridiculous, and people mock it no end. They see people caught up in worship and praying fervently and they shake their heads and call us a bunch of weirdos. That’s how it is with relationships; the more passionate they are, the sillier they look from the outside. So don’t be ashamed of your passion for God just because it might look strange from the outside. Let yourself love and enjoy the wonder and beauty of God and don’t let your love get curbed by people who judge you from the outside. The most important things in life cannot be understood in a detached way. They must be experienced. So it is with a relationship with God.
Express to God your love for him.
Read Song of Solomon 6 and 7
