MinistryMessages
July 12, 2019
This entry is part [part not set] of 2576 in the series Daily Words for the Christian Life
“I am black, but comely,
O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
As the tents of Kedar,
As the curtains of Solomon.”
– Song of Songs 1:5
On the one hand, you are like the tents of Kedar, black inwardly and outwardly, having nothing of beauty. On the other hand, you are like “the curtains of Solomon”; that is, you are of fine linen. You are lovely because Christ’s righteousness is your covering. On the one hand, you consider yourself to be so poor. On the other hand, when you see the salvation in Christ, you feel that you are so rich and beautiful. This is the result of being with the King in “His chambers.”
Adapted from The Song of Songs: A Divine Romance, pages 36-37.