{"id":2153,"date":"2007-05-09T02:10:53","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T02:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/love-in-the-key-of-delight-28.html"},"modified":"2007-05-09T02:10:53","modified_gmt":"2007-05-09T02:10:53","slug":"love-in-the-key-of-delight-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/love-in-the-key-of-delight-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Love in the Key of Delight 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

An assignment for you. The woman has just described her lover’s physical attributes; he described her earlier. I’ll post both of these descriptions and ask you what you see in their differing descriptions:
\nShe about him<\/strong>:
\n5:10 My beloved is all radiant and ruddy,
\ndistinguished among ten thousand.
\n11 \tHis head is the finest gold;
\nhis locks are wavy,
\nblack as a raven.
\n12 \tHis eyes are like doves
\nbeside springs of water,
\nbathed in milk,
\nfitly set.
\n13 \tHis cheeks are like beds of spices,
\nyielding fragrance.
\nHis lips are lilies,
\ndistilling liquid myrrh.
\n14 \tHis arms are rounded gold,
\nset with jewels.
\nHis body is ivory work,
\nencrusted with sapphires.
\n15 \tHis legs are alabaster columns,
\nset upon bases of gold.
\nHis appearance is like Lebanon,
\nchoice as the cedars.
\n16 \tHis speech is most sweet,
\nand he is altogether desirable.
\nThis is my beloved and this is my friend,
\nO daughters of Jerusalem.
\nHe about her<\/strong>:
\n1:15 Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
\nah, you are beautiful;
\nyour eyes are doves.
\n4:1 How beautiful you are, my love,
\nhow very beautiful!
\nYour eyes are doves
\nbehind your veil.
\nYour hair is like a flock of goats,
\nmoving down the slopes of Gilead.
\n2 \tYour teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
\nthat have come up from the washing,
\nall of which bear twins,
\nand not one among them is bereaved.
\n3 \tYour lips are like a crimson thread,
\nand your mouth is lovely.
\nYour cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
\nbehind your veil.
\n4 \tYour neck is like the tower of David,
\nbuilt in courses;
\non it hang a thousand bucklers,
\nall of them shields of warriors.
\n5 \tYour two breasts are like two fawns,
\ntwins of a gazelle,
\nthat feed among the lilies.
\n6 \tUntil the day breathes
\nand the shadows flee,
\nI will hasten to the mountain of myrrh
\nand the hill of frankincense.
\n7 \tYou are altogether beautiful, my love;
\nthere is no flaw in you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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