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Song of Solomon, chapter 5, verses 10 through 16.

So I'm going to read this whole passage. This is the wife describing her husband as her beloved.

She says, my beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among 10,000. His head is the finest gold.

His locks are wavy, black as a raven. His eyes are like doves, besides streams of water,

bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool. His cheeks are like beds of spices,

mounds of sweet smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid mure. His arms are

rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.

His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon.

Choice as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet, and he is all together desirable.

This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O Daughters of Jerusalem.

On a description, like, man, that would make any guy feel good, right? If I had a dollar for

every time Heather said my arms are like rods of gold, set with jewels. Well, I wouldn't tell you

how rich or not rich I would be. But the whole picture here, so why read this passage? And it's

just one of many examples of the wife talking about her husband or a husband talking about his

wife with this kind of imagery. And there's so much there that we could dive into and why this

was such a majestic desirable picture to use that word from verse 16. But what I want to point out

here is that God has designed marriage in such a way that passion for one another is grounded

in praise for one another. So let me say that one more time. This is so key. Passion for one

another in marriage is grounded in praise for one another in marriage. Like, there is so much we

could dive into in song of Solomon right now. And even this chapter that talks about the physical

marital relationship and all the joy and delight that God has designed for that. But notice that it

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