TLIC FAMILY. DAY 81. MARCH 22: STRONG AS DEATH.

THINK TOGETHER

Have you ever been to a wedding? What do you remember about it?

READ TOGETHER

Sometimes when a man and a woman fall in love they will get married. They will stand up in front of God and their church and they will declare their love for each other. Sometimes they will say nice things to each other, and make promises to each other called vows. Often they will give each other a ring to “seal” their love.

In the Song of Solomon, a wife and a husband are madly in love with each other. And because they are in love they decide to get married. We get to listen in on their wedding. Listen to what the wife said to her husband about their love:

Song of Songs 8:6.

⁶ Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong         as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave.

This wife is asking her husband to love her forever – set me as a seal upon your heart. But this love story is meant to be about more than just a woman and a man who fell in love and got married. It’s supposed to be a picture of Jesus’ love for us and our love for him. So just like this wife asks her husband to love her forever, we can ask Jesus to love us forever. We can ask Jesus to be our friend and savior forever, no matter what.

And you know what? Jesus will always say yes. He will always love us when we ask because he is already always loving us. How do we know that Jesus will love us no matter what? Because Jesus’ love for you was stronger than death, and his jealousy for you was fiercer than the grave. Jesus was so in love with us that he rose from the dead in order to save us and bring us home to himself.

Because of Jesus we will live forever in his love.

With Jesus you never have to wonder if God loves you.

DO SOMETHING TOGETHER

Look at some of your own wedding photos together, or wedding photos online. Talk about what happens in a wedding (vows, rings, promises) and how Jesus has vowed to love us forever and he will never break his promise to us. 

PRAY TOGETHER

Jesus, will you please love me no matter what? I know that you will because you died and rose again for me. Amen.