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July 9 - Song of Solomon 7 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Wednesday, it's the
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9th of July and it's so good to have your company as we are
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continuing reading through the book of Song of Songs slash Song
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of Solomon, depending on the mood or the day or which version
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of the Bible you're reading. But today, today is a
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fascinating day. Not so much because of the
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reading. Well, it is because the reading
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is fascinating. But did you know on this day in
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1962, something truly bizarre happened. the US Defence Force
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decided that it would be a good idea to test detonating a
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nuclear bomb in space. So this bomb, this, this mission
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called Starfish Prime, they sent up and detonated a nuclear
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weapon at high altitude and it created this Aurora right
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visible from Hawaii, which has never since or, or before ever
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seen an Aurora from the, the, the tropics.
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And it knocked out a bunch of satellites as well.
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Boy, what a crazy, crazy thing. We've come a long way since the
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60s. Thankfully, we're not blowing up
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bombs in space just to see what they do, but we are blowing up
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bombs of passion. Is that a strange segue?
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Yeah, that's a strange segue. I won't say that.
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We are reading emotionally charged.
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How's that? That's much better Emotionally
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charged poetry between a young man and a young woman as we
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continue reading Song of Solomon Chapter 7.
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How beautiful are your sandalled feet, O queenly maiden?
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Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a skilled
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Craftsman. Your navel is perfectly formed,
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like a goblet filled with mixed wine.
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Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies.
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Your breasts are like 2 fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle.
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Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower.
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Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of
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Bath Rabin. Your nose is as fine as the
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tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.
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Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel, and the Sheen of
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your hair radiates royalty. The king is held captive by its
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tresses. Oh, how beautiful you are.
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How pleasing, my love, how full of delights.
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You are slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are like
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its clusters of fruit. I said I will climb the palm
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tree and take hold of its fruit. May your breasts be like grape
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clusters and the fragrance of your breath like apples.
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May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine.
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Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover, flowing
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gently over lips and teeth. I am my lovers, and he claims me
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as his own. Come, my love, let us go out to
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the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers.
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Let us get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the
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grape vines have budded, if the blossoms have opened, and if the
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pomegranates have bloomed. There.
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I will give you my love there. The mandrakes give off their
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fragrance and the finest fruits are at our door.
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New delights as well as old which I have saved for you, my
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lover. Lord, be with us this day as we
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go about our days. Thank You that we have been able
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to come before you in this way that we hear Your word, as
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confusing as it is in how it fits into the grand scheme of of
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your biblical narrative. Here it is, Lord, for our
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enjoyment and edification. Lord, may the rhythm of your
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words, may the beat of your heart be with us today as we go
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about our day. May we see through your eyes and
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hear through your ears and love with your heart and be your
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presence being your love poetry to the world around us.
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We love you and we are grateful for your extravagant love for us
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and we thank you and we pray all of this in Jesus precious loving
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name, Amen.