My Song of Solomon

As of late, I have been studying Song of Solomon. Though it is to the dismay of many of my friends, I have grown a lot through the quiet times that I have spent in this book. I just recently finished the devotional that was leading me through it. I spent most of my day Saturday going through and making notes, trying to achieve deeper understanding. As a result, I ended up reading the book in its entirety multiple times. Upon the conclusion, I rehashed the contents with a few close friends. The summary went as follows:

Me: "So, it started out with this girl that saw this guy that she really liked. But, she didn't want to say anything to him because she was really insecure about her tan skin. Her stepbrothers made her work out in the sun. Then, they met and their relationship progressed. They got together in a forest, and he told her she had eyes like doves and teeth like unblemished sheep."
Kristin: "I don't think I would take those as compliments."
Me: "But they were. It meant that she had all her teeth. And they were white, and straight. Anyway, then they started dating. And the more they talked, she decided that she thought he was really hot. She kept having dreams about him. She said she wanted to jump him, but he was like 'O Daughters of Zion, don't awaken love'.
Kristin: "Wait, are you summarizing what you read, or did you just memorize The Message translation?"
Me: "Haha. No. So then they started courting, and they were more serious. He called out her name and longed to be near her, and told her all these really nice things. She got the hots for him again. Then he had to remind her 'O Daughters of Zion, don't awaken love'.
Allegra: "Why does he keep saying daughters? Oh yah! Didn't he have like 800 wives and 300 concubines?"
Matt: "No, I think it was 300 wives and 800 concubines."
Me: "You guys are ruining the romance that is this story. Their love was special. Because then when they get married, he has sixty soldiers standing guard to protect his bride. And he built her a carriage out of gold and silver and wood of Lebanon. Then his mom blesses their marriage by giving him the crown. Then, chapter four gets a little hot and heavy. And then in chapter 5 they get in a fight because he comes calling for her and she won't come down. Then he knocks on her door and she doesn't answer. He really wants to get in bed with her, but she totally denies him and is like 'I've already bathed and am in bed. Do you really want me to remove my nightclothes?' Then he gets mad and storms off. After awhile she feels remorseful and goes to chase after him. She asks all the watchmen where he is and they won't tell him."
Kristin: "He went off and told the whole town that his wife wouldn't let him in bed with her!?"
Me: "Yep, and she didn't even get mad. She felt so bad that she finally found him in the garden. Just as she was ready to apologize to him, he stopped her. He repeated all of the wonderful things he had told her while they were dating and on their wedding night. He reminded her of her beauty even though earlier in the evening he had been upset at her. Chapter 7 is kind of a repeat of chapter 4... But in chapter 8 she tells him how much she wants to be around him all the time. It kind of sounds like she wants to be his sister, but she doesn't. She just wants to be close to him in public. And then she asks him to run to her, and he keeps pursuing her forever."

The End

Other funny instances from this weekend:

Kari: You guys, what am I going to share about Ecoch?
Kristin, Laura and Amy: ECOCH!? You mean ENOCH!?
Kari: Oh, yah.
20 minutes later during life group...
Kari: Enoch had faith because...
Laura: Did you mean Enoch? Are you sure you didn't mean something else?
Kari: No, I didn't. But Ecoch had faith because...
*Laughter*

Laura: I really need to find the Magic D8 ball.
Kristin: Why would you look for that when we already consulted the love calculator?
Me: Besides, aren't those things like, Satanic?
Laura: No. This one's pink with glitter.