Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth asks a crucial question.

Have you ever really grasped the fact that you are precious to Christ, that he takes great delight

in you, that you are beautiful to him?

Now we all know that it's not that we have any natural beauty to offer him.

Anything of value that he or others see in us is all the result of his mercy and his grace.

But once you realize how much he loves you, your life will never be the same.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of A Place of Quiet Rest.

It's Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

For the last few weeks, we've been in a rich study on the Song of Solomon.

Nancy's been inviting us to a deeper, more

intimate relationship with Christ. Today, we come to the part of Song of Solomon where the

bridegroom describes the physical beauty of his bride. If you have young children around,

you can use your discretion about how much you'd like them to hear.

The series is called How to Fall and Stay in Love with Jesus.

One of the ladies who's here at the recording today told me that as she and her husband were driving here to Michigan for this day, he was bringing her.

And we had suggested that people read the song of Solomon before today.

And she said she decided to read it in the car to her husband as they were traveling.

And she said, we hadn't done that since our honeymoon read the song of Solomon together.

And then she said, you know, this is honestly one of those books that kind of makes

you wonder, why did God put that in the Bible? And she's not the only one who's thought that.

A lot of people have thought that over the years. In fact, there were people in the ancient days

who didn't think it should go in the Bible. And, but it is in the Bible. It's inspired. And the

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