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Do you ever find yourself just going through the motions of life?\u00a0\u00a0Being swept away from one activity to the next, but without the fervor or joy that is supposed to drive you?\u00a0\u00a0Do you miss that passion?\u00a0\u00a0I do. I see unparalleled passion in God\u2019s great love for me, I find it in love stories, but do I find it in myself?\u00a0\u00a0Do I live my life out of the overflow of God\u2019s all consuming fire or have I allowed life to temper my passion, to cool my zeal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I know that Song of Songs or Song of Solomon (depending on your translation) is about a relationship between a man and a woman, but I can\u2019t help desiring, wanting, and longing for God in the same way as the Young Woman in this story. To run throughout the city no matter my workload, in the streets regardless of who is looking, and in the squares asking everyone I encounter, \u201cHave you seen the One I love?\u201d (Song of Songs 3:36 NLT) Do you know Him? Have you encountered His love which sets you free and transforms every aspect of your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And once I find Him, to embrace Him with all that I have and all that I am.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cScarcely had I passed by them, when I found the One I love.\u00a0\u00a0I held Him and would not let Him go.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Song of Solomon 3:4a NKJV).\u00a0\u00a0I have loved God with this fervor, but do I still respond to Him like I used to?\u00a0\u00a0Is His voice the one I listen for above all others?\u00a0\u00a0Is His the presence the one I seek?\u00a0\u00a0Is He the desire of my heart and mind and soul?\u00a0\u00a0Does His love drive my actions?\u00a0\u00a0Does it drive yours? I hope that it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May I, may we have the courage to love God with total abandon (a lack of restraint), to not be ashamed of our ferver or love for Him\u2026But to boldly walk in it until all the world takes notice.\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Till all the world comes to see this Jesus, this Kinsman Redeemer that causes the blind to see and sets the captives free.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May we seek out quiet places to be alone with God, to be refreshed by His presence and mesmerized by His love.\u00a0\u00a0May we leave those places completely transformed by our encounters with Him, that He overflows into all aspects of our lives.\u00a0\u00a0May we live for Him and in Him and through Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you ever find yourself just going through the motions of life?\u00a0\u00a0Being swept away from one activity to the next, but without the fervor or joy that is supposed to drive you?\u00a0\u00a0Do you miss that passion?\u00a0\u00a0I do. I see unparalleled passion in God\u2019s great love for me, I find it in love stories, but do I find it in myself?\u00a0\u00a0Do I live my life out of the overflow of God\u2019s all consuming fire or have I allowed life to temper my passion, to cool my zeal? Now, I know that Song of Songs or Song of Solomon (depending on your translation) is about a relationship between a man and a woman, but I can\u2019t help desiring, wanting, and longing for God in the same way as the Young Woman in this story. To run throughout the city no matter my workload, in the streets regardless of who is looking, and in the squares asking everyone I encounter, \u201cHave you seen the One I love?\u201d (Song of Songs 3:36 NLT) Do you know Him? Have you encountered His love which sets you free and transforms every aspect of your life? And once I find Him, to embrace Him with all that I have and all that I am.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cScarcely had I passed by them, when I found the One I love.\u00a0\u00a0I held Him and would not let Him go.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Song of Solomon 3:4a NKJV).\u00a0\u00a0I have loved God with this fervor, but do I still respond to Him like I used to?\u00a0\u00a0Is His voice the one I listen for above all others?\u00a0\u00a0Is His the presence the one I seek?\u00a0\u00a0Is He the desire of my heart and mind and soul?\u00a0\u00a0Does His love drive my actions?\u00a0\u00a0Does it drive yours? I hope that it does. May I, may we have the courage to love God with total abandon (a lack of restraint), to not be ashamed of our ferver or love for Him\u2026But to boldly walk in it until all the world takes notice.\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Till all the world comes to see this Jesus, this Kinsman Redeemer that causes the blind to see and sets the captives free.\u00a0\u00a0 May we seek out quiet places to be alone with God, to be refreshed by His presence and mesmerized by His love.\u00a0\u00a0May we leave those places completely transformed by our encounters with Him, that He overflows into all aspects of our lives.\u00a0\u00a0May we live for Him and in Him and through Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-e-tales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}