Playing with fire

Song of Solomon is the story of two young lovers. It is full of metaphors and symbolic language, but unmistakably the description of a romantic relationship. Thank God for romance. Remember the excitement of your early relationship with your spouse? Keep that alive or recapture it. It is a precious gift from God. Because the gift of physical love is so intoxicating, it must be treated with utmost care. The lovers repeatedly warn, “do not awaken love before it is time.” (Song 2:7) This powerful gift is not to be treated casually before we are mature enough to deal with the resulting emotions and, let’s face it, children. Sex has the potential or creating a human life! This miraculous gift should only be shared between two people completely committed to one another and mature enough to care for a child.