Year 5, Day 345: Song of Songs 3

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Discipleship Focus: Appetite

• Appetite: We all have needs that need to be filled.  When we allow ourselves to be filled with the people and things that God brings into our life, we will be satisfied because our In will be in proper focus.  But when we try to fill ourselves with our own desires we end up frustrated by an insatiable hunger.

When we open up this chapter, we see the love of the bride grow.  She becomes passionate for her husband.  At first, she tries to wait it out.  However, eventually her passion wins out and she goes out into the city.

At first this seems like a foolish move.  After all, how many bad things can happen to a woman who goes out into the city on her own?  At first blush, this looks like a bad example of appetite.  Here is a woman who lets her appetite consume her, right?

Not so fast!  Look at what the woman does.  She goes to the watchmen.  She goes to the people who are supposed to keep her safe.  Her we have a woman who feels her passion and finds an appropriate way for it to come out.  This is a great story about how a person’s appetite can be managed and used to their favor.

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