S. S. 1:5 “I am dark but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar,Like the curtains of Solomon.
We can’t assume that God feels about us the way we feel about ourselves unless we see ourselves as beautiful, inside and out. Just think of how far God was willing to go, and what price He was willing to pay in His pursuit of us. When you think about how far He was willing to go in His love for us, it says so much about Him, but it also says so much about us. There must be something extraordinary about you; something extravagantly priceless about you that, would ignite such madness in His heart. Of course there is darkness in you. We’ve all been affected by the fall. That is no surprise to Him. It is only a surprise to us. He pursued you and me with His eyes wide open. It’s not that we celebrate our darkness, it’s that we celebrate how much He loves us in light of our darkness. Remember that the Song of Solomon doesn’t start off with a Lovesick Bride, it starts off with Lovesick Bridegroom, who is already head over heels in love with you. It’s the love of the lovesick Bridegroom that not only exposes the darkness in us but overcomes it. As we press in behind the veil, seeking to apprehend that for which we have been apprehended (His Presence); beholding His beauty, that David speaks of Psalm 27, we discover that He has been beholding our beauty all along. Unconditional, unending, love like that arrests all darkness as we move deeper and deeper into His Heart Chambers. Again, knowing that we are fiercely cherished by Him, frees us to be transparent before Him, and to be set free by Him in those places of darkness that he exposes.