LOVEBIRDS' DEVOTIONAL

Enriching Matrimonies

LOVE SEES AN ANGEL!

By Anselm Ahman
Scripture:
‘(1) 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. (2) 10“My beloved is exquisitely handsome and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. 11“His head is like [precious] gold, pure gold; His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates And black as a raven. 12“His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk And reposed in their setting. 13“His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet, fragrant herbs. His lips are lilies Dripping sweet-scented myrrh. 14“His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires. 15“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster Set upon pedestals of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, Stately and choice as the cedars. 16“His mouth is full of sweetness; Yes, he is altogether lovely and desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” AMP’
(SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1-5,7; 4:10-16)

THE SONG OF SOLOMON IS, in a sense, a School of Love. Reading it, will teach you much about the sublime art of matrimonial love.

In our lengthy anchor scriptures, we see two spouses admiring each other in detail. You can feel their words pulsating with affection, passion and romance.

The Man admires his woman at great length and says in verse 7, “THOU ART ALL FAIR, MY LOVE; THERE IS NO SPOT IN THEE.” All he could see in her was excellence and perfection. To him, she was the faultless and flawless specimen of womanhood. She was the very epitome of feminity.

Now, the question comes. Is this gentleman right? Or are his words merely cheap and flowery flattery? Answer: He is right and in no way flattering his Spouse. When you remember that all of God’s works are perfect and very good as declared by no less a Person than God Himself(Genesis 1:31), you’ll understand that he is right. When you recall the fact that all men are fearfully and wonderfully made by God and each Man or Woman is His marvelous creation, you’ll believe that he is right. When you are mindful of the fact that a Spouse is a gift of God and that GOD only gives gifts that are GOOD AND PERFECT, you’ll with a smile give your nod and consent that he is right. So the man’s admiration of his wife isn’t false.

Dear Husband, don’t you know that it’s the same God that created your wife and that she’s not any way less excellent in comparison with this woman, even though you’ve never thought it necessary to gladden her heart with profuse admiration?

In our second anchor scripture, the Woman also greatly admired her Man. In verse 10, she says that HE IS EXQUISITELY HANDSOME AND RUDDY AND THE BEST AMONG TEN THOUSAND. The Sceptic will easily find fault with her claims and wonder when she conducted a survey or a census and arrived at her “fanciful” conclusion. Well, she won’t trade words with Sceptics and Doubting Thomases who have no understanding of the ways of Love and LOVERS. She is not accountable to any one about her view of her Man. She owes no one explanations as to why she believes that her Man is the choicest and the very best among 10,000 men! She just KNOWS IT IN HER HEART!
The same thing goes for you, dear Wife. Don’t wait for the endorsement of outsiders on your husband. Don’t use anybody’s remarks, ideas or suggestions as the yardstick for measuring the competence or qualifications of your Spouse to be a Partner to you. Your Mate is yours and what you call them is who they’ll be to you.

There’s this secret you need to know and it’s the fact that people in your life that you sincerely praise will strive to live up to your view of who you say that they are to you.

When you profusely admire, acknowledge, praise and appreciate your Mate with all sincerity, they’ll tend to live up to who you’ve said that they are. Now, let’s take it a little further.

When you acknowledge your wife’s kitchen skills and her general domestic competence, she’ll believe in herself the more in that area. If you praise her kissing and romantic performances, you’ve sowed precious seeds that will make her grow higher in that aspect of marriage.

Similarly, when a wife appreciates, admires, praises and showers encomiums on her husband for his qualities in the home, family and in the bedroom life, she’s fueling his performance engines.
Be ready for happy cruises with the Better Husband that he’ll become. His morale will be boosted and she’ll find an improved Lover in him.

Now, does it mean that “Love driven” Spouses don’t see the weaknesses in the life of their Mate? Of course, they do. But those ugly spots, blemishes and wrinkles don’t necessarily give them sleepless nights. Their Model in the Love Life is Christ Who after saving the Church, still works on the spots, blemishes and wrinkles on the Church’s life. So they’re like Christ undaunted by the present ugly spots. They have strong faith and hope that those spots will all vanish with time.

Love sees an Angel in their Partner all the time. They are convinced that their frailties will in time be transformed into strength, beauty, and virtues of distinction.

Love has an undying faith in the genius of God as a Creator and that He made their Mate the very best; and that with time the glories and honour built into them will be unlocked to manifest in the appointed times and seasons of Life.

Love always, always, sees an Angel in their Spouse.

💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Tonight, spend time in admiring each other. Doesn’t cost much to do this, does it? Just throw away your ego and use words to lift up each other’s spirits by voicing out things they’ve done that have impacted your Life.

❤️💕🥑 MARRIAGE REVOLUTION INTENSIFIES!🌴💕🌴💕🌴💕

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