Is this not a conversation that truly does begin to take our breath away? Do we not find ourselves wanting to follow these lovers to the country just to be close to such passion? This is not a conversation from the latest dime-store romance but from the Song of Solomon. Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages. I belong to my lover, and desire is for me. Your mouth is like the best wine.'īeloved: 'May the wine go straight to my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth. Lover: 'Show me your face, let me hear your voice for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Lover: 'How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.'īeloved: 'How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.' If we hear that answer as creatures of the Enlightenment, that is to say, the Age of Reason, the answer does not take our breath away.īut listen with me to excerpts from a conversation between two lovers: The first question in the orthodox confessions of faith tests our awareness of this wonderful truth when it asks, 'What is the chief end and purpose of man?' And the answer: 'To know God and enjoy knowing him forever.' Every courtship, at least every healthy one, is moving toward a deeper heart intimacy that is the ground for the consummation of the relationship spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

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