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RADICAL LOVE

price He paid to set her free from sin and death, and this selfless love,

which was poured out for her, is causing her to love Him more deeply.
So much so that in verse 14, she says that she will never let Him part

from her.

However, something struck me when I read that her lover is like a “tied-

up bundle over her heart.” It speaks of how she is aware that He

suffered on her behalf, but her heart is not yet made ready by the Holy
Spirit—nor is she mature enough to understand—that it has also been

granted to her to suffer on His behalf. As yet, the suffering part of her
walk has not been realised in her life but is still “tied up,” so to speak,

until the Lord has made her ready through His love to walk in the
fellowship of Jesus’ sufferings.

We see more symbolism pertaining to the sufferings and shed blood of

Jesus in verse 14, when we read about Him being likened to a bouquet
of henna blossoms. We usually give bouquets as presents. Jesus gave

every part of Himself, and every part of Him is lovely—and for us. He
is the greatest present available to mankind, and how we need a true

revelation of this truth so that we too, will give ourselves away to Him

and share Him with a broken world.

The New King James Version has an interesting rendering of this

verse. It reads:
“My Beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards

of En Gedi.”

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