Summary
In this episode, Nancy Wilson reflects on Song of Solomon 2:15 and the “little foxes” that spoil the vineyard of Christian relationships, especially in marriage, family, friendship, and church community. She considers sins like hurt feelings, resentment, anger, jealousy, broken confidences, and bitterness, urging listeners to guard their relationships with biblical wisdom, quick forgiveness, careful barriers, and a willingness to overlook small offenses before they take root.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Feminut podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks for joining me today. |
| 0:11.1 | The topic today is a verse in Song of Solomon, chapter 2, verse 15. Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. |
| 0:25.2 | So it's true, I looked it up, foxes really are pest in vineyards. They not only eat the tender |
| 0:31.5 | grapes, but they can also dig up the roots and gnaw on the branches and create general havoc, |
| 0:39.3 | thus spoiling the vines. |
| 0:45.8 | This verse has been used as a metaphor many times over to describe the tender grapes on the vines of our own spiritual lives, particularly in marriage, since the verse occurs in Song of Songs. |
| 0:52.2 | But it's also an apt metaphor for other relationships and friendships |
| 0:55.9 | as well. When we are enjoying good fellowship with family or friends or church community, |
| 1:02.0 | we can say the vineyard is healthy, but little foxes can stir up plenty of trouble and |
| 1:07.9 | truly wreck the vineyard of Christian community in short order. What are some of |
| 1:13.4 | these little foxes that can do damage? Well, I can think of plenty of examples, and I bet you can |
| 1:18.5 | too. Here are a few hurt feelings that produce resentment and bitterness. We have verse 14 and 15 in chapter 12 of Hebrew. Pursue peace with all |
| 1:31.4 | people and holiness without which no one will see the Lord, looking carefully, lest anyone |
| 1:38.1 | falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled. |
| 1:47.8 | And it all can start from just some hurt feelings. |
| 1:51.0 | Anger that can bring retaliatory accusations. |
| 1:55.9 | Those are foxes for sure. |
| 1:58.2 | And Ephesians 426, be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your |
| 2:04.1 | wrath. Jealousy and competition that break up long-term friendships. Second Corinthians |
| 2:10.3 | 1220, for I fear lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by |
| 2:17.3 | you such as you do not |
| 2:18.7 | wish, lest there be contentions, jealousies, outburst of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbidings, |
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