I read a few verses today in Songs of Solomon, and I wanted to share them. They're from the Message version, SOS 8:4, 6-8
Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem:
Don't excite love, don't stir it up,
until the time is ripe—and you're ready...
Love is invincible facing danger and death.
Passion laughs at the terrors of hell.
The fire of love stops at nothing—
it sweeps everything before it.
Flood waters can't drown love,
torrents of rain can't put it out.
Love can't be bought, love can't be sold—
it's not to be found in the marketplace.
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Soooo beautiful! Solomon truly was one of the wisest men in the world. Love today has lost so many meanings, including many mentioned above. Nowadays, love CAN be bought, and it DOES fear death and seperation. How far we must have fallen from God's dream for us.
I think the low self-esteems comes from our own distorted views on Love. We think love comes in "little moments," or "without explanation" or "warm fuzzies." But that's just not true. Love came in one BIG moment, with TOTAL explanation. A divine and pure Lord, became a man, to die for me. Little self-conscious me. That's love. People need to realize they all have a piece of Christ in them, so there's confidence within reach.
Don't settle, it means you've given up on God's power in your life.
Redeemed,
JAS.