A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome love that accepts me and supports me for who I am.

Sacred love is for all of us.
It flows from God.
Through friends.
Through partners.
Even through the way we learn to love ourselves.

It invites us to be heard.
To be affirmed.
To be valued – like gold and frankincense.
To be known. To be connected.

It is love that we hold for ourselves.
Each other.
Our families.
Our neighbors.
Our communities.

The Song of Songs tells us a love story.
It teaches us about longing,
delight,
choosing,
knowing,
and resting.

The love story belongs to us all.
Every soul.
In every season.
Wherever love is true. Safe. Mutual.

Sacred love is something to strive for.
It is worth waiting for.
It is worth protecting.
It is worth refusing to settle for anything less.

Because sacred love is the place where we are fully seen, fully held, and fully at rest.

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death.

— Song of Solomon 8:6

May the God who IS Love, draw you into an intimate relationship with Him, with others, and with your own soul. Amen.

How would you define Sacred Love?

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A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome the rest where love settles and stays.

Two hearts.
Two souls.
Two bodies.
Breathing in the same moment.
The body exhales, the heart’s rhythm slows, and the tingling warmth carries you to another time. Another place.
Where love becomes the gentle glow.

The Song of Songs hints at this sacred connection —
the resting under the apple tree,
the leaning into the beloved,
the stillness that follows delight.
Quiet.
Unassuming.
Presence.

Rest is its own kind of intimacy.
It is the trust that allows us to settle,
to be held,
to let the moment linger.
Safe.
Secure.
Free to simply be.

This is where our guard slips away.
We melt away fears and frustrations.
We open ourselves up to love.
To be fully known.
By God and our beloved.

Love is the rest.
It is the reset.
It is the sacred pause.
To return to ourselves and to others.

His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

— Song of Solomon 2:6

May we find rest in love —
the kind that settles our spirit,
and reminds us that we are safe to simply be. Amen.

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A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome love that nourishes what is tender and
cultivates what is sacred within me.

There is a garden inside us all —
a place of fragrance and fruit,
a place where love takes root,
where beauty waits patiently to be seen.

The Song of Songs leads us into the garden—
A place of pomegranates and flowers,
inviting us to discover the sweetness.
A place where we cultivate,
nurture,
and tend to ourselves,
and to each other.

Love is like a garden.
It needs tending, cultivation, and nourishment.
It grows when we feed it,
water it,
and pull the weeds when needed.
When we choose to care,
and listen to what God has planted within.

Awake, north wind, and come, south wind. Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere.

— Song of Solomon 4:16

May you discover the garden within you —
the places where love is growing, the places waiting to be tended, the places ready to bloom.
May you nurture what is sacred, and cultivate what is good. Amen.

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A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome love that desires me — wholeheartedly.

The longing to be desired runs deep in our veins.
Instinctual, yes.
Human, yes.
Holy, even.

We long to be desired.
Not just seen—
but wanted.
Not just appreciated—
but cherished.
Not just noticed—
but drawn in.

It’s more than “I see you.”
It’s “I want you because you matter to me.
Because you complete something in me.”

We all have a need to be desired—
for kindness,
for wisdom,
for direction,
for presence,
for comfort.

Desire is filled by—
presence,
beauty,
body,
essence—
Your all.

The Song of Songs sings.
It celebrates.
It delights in every dip and valley,
In every high and low,
of sweetness,
apples,
nectar,
honey.

It is holy boldness. It is a sacred longing. It is the joy of connection—
two humans,
One God.

The body doesn’t separate from the soul.
It honors spirit, mind, flesh, and breath.
A garden of delight—
trich colors,
sweet ripe fruit,
an aroma that tickles the senses.

This is the gift of love.
Available to all who wish to partake.
Rooted in covenant.
Personal.
Intimate.
And sacred because God is in it.

“Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit. I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.’” — Song of Solomon 7:7–8

May you feel the beauty of being desired —
the wonder of who you are.
May love kiss you with delight,
and meet you in the places you never knew you had. Amen

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A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome love that knows me—my body and my mind—fully, gently, and with tender loving care.

As we go deeper into love,
after being chosen,
comes the longing to be known.

Known in the quiet places of your soul.
The places you guard.
To the place where you let love speak—
wildly.
boldly.
with passion.

The Song of Songs is a book of poetry.
Two lovers—
emotionally,
spiritually,
and physically connected,
in ways that stretch beyond human understanding.

They know each other’s scent.
Each other’s voice.
Each other’s presence.
Each other’s body.
And still — they bless one another with delight.

Sacred love says,
“I am here with you, as you are.
I will gaze at you and take you in.
Into my heart. Into my body.”

It is the tremble.
The quiver.
The moan.
The release.

To be known is to be safe.
To be held.
to be loved in the way God intended — 
with reverence,
with joy.

“My beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.’” — Song of Solomon 2:10

May you feel the courage to be known.
May sacred love meet you in your secret places. Amen.

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A Series of Longing from the Song of Songs

I welcome love that chooses me with intention, tenderness, and joy.

Deeper than being seen,
deeper than being pursued,
is the longing to be chosen.

Chosen for you.
Your laugh.
Your smile.
Your eyes.
Your tender heart.

It’s that feeling of someone looking into your eyes and saying, “I see you, and I want to be with you — and in you.”

Yes.
You.

It is in that moment that love becomes intentional.
Desire meets heart.
Heart meets mind.
Affection becomes commitment.
Commitment becomes direction.

And the Song of Songs is all about this.
Bold.
Mutual.
Desire.

The lovers choose each other —
with their words,
their longing,
their delight.

They choose each other
tenderly,
kindly,
intimately.

Sacred love meets you where you are and moves forward.
It is the catalyst for togetherness.
Fully.
Freely.
Surrender.

Sacred love surrenders —
first to God,
then to your spouse —
and builds a foundation for a lifetime of joy, love, and delight.

“My beloved is mine and I am his.”

— Song of Solomon 2:16

May you feel the beauty of being chosen.
Loved.
Delighted in. Amen

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