I began this painting knowing that I would be painting darkness...I thought I was painting dusk, but I progressed the painting became dawn. The scripture.."more than watchmen wait for the dawn" rolled around in my spirit...but no, that was NOT it. Then the Misty Edwards song with the phrase (scripture) ..."until the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh..." And I wondered, what does that mean? I have always wanted to join a study on the Song of Solomon, but haven't yet. So what do I think this means to me and my spirit?
Song of Solomon 4:5-7 (CEV)
Your breasts are perfect;
they are twin deer
feeding among lilies.
6 I will hasten to those hills
sprinkled with sweet perfume
and stay there till sunrise.
7 My darling, you are lovely
in every way.
(NAS) version
“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.
6 “Until [a]the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
Solomon is speaking about resting (among other things) upon her (the beloved) breasts all night, where there is sweet perfume. Isn't this just lovely, intimate and provocative?
How does this relate to Christ and the Church, and to my own personal relationship with Him? I am my beloved's and He is mine. I have been lacking in intimacy with Him...my soul longs for Him more than watchmen wait for the morning indeed...my flesh - ah yes, my flesh causes a battle. I battle weakness, irritability,exhaustion and laziness and oppositional thoughts all day. Here is my dawn...a remembrance of God's longing for me.
