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Song of Solomon 8: 7 Many waters
cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away.
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Romance was so complicated that it must take a genius to figure it out.* |
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Anyone
who has ever been through a divorce knows that this verse isn’t universally
true. Love, especially romantic love, is sometimes wishy-washy and unreliable. My
love for my children is a better example of unquenchable love because there is
nothing that could make me stop loving them.
The Song of
Solomon is a somewhat confusing love song. And love songs are not the most
reliable source of information about true love outside of the realm of romance.
We generally refer to chapter 13 of I Corinthians as the final authority on
what love is. But I think we still don’t get it. In the words of Max Lucado: “When
it comes to love, feelings rule the day. Emotions guide the ship. Goose bumps
call the shots. But should they? Can feelings be trusted? Can a relationship
feel right but be wrong?”*
So, even though
we are reading the words about how love is patient and kind, we are expecting
that we will feel patient and kind if
we love someone. The fact is, if we love someone, we will be patient and kind, no matter how we feel. There would be a lot
less feelings of guilt in the world
if we understood that true love cannot be quenched – it just sometimes feels
that way!
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The world regards love as an involuntary emotion – something we fall into (like we fall into a ditch) or out of (like falling out of a tree).* |
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