An ex-boyfriend and I once read the whole Song of Songs from the bible to each
other. (I read the female parts and he read the male ones). It was one of the most beautiful experiences I ever shared with him, but
to me those verses aren’t the most romantic in the bible. What is you ask? For me its Proverbs 30:18-19. I must warn you that it's not overtly romantic, it's more the wonder of it that I find romantic.
There
are three things that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand:
the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the
way of the ship on the high seas,
and the way of a man with a maiden
Romantic
love is amazing, there is no denying it.
What
is the most romantic verse you've read in the bible?
Ephesians 5:31 *For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two will become one flesh*
ReplyDeleteThis has particular meaning for me because in the society in which I live a man is supposed never to leave his parent but to be totally dedicated to them and his wife is supposed to support him in that. Which means that the marital relationship cannot be very fulfilling.
That is a good verse. I like hearing it a weddings. You have me curious about what society you live in. It's interesting to see how different cultures view marriage.
DeleteThere are some men who never leave their family (or their mothers for that matter) and their wives are supposed to put up with it.
DeleteI wonder what statistics those marriages end up in.
DeleteFor me it's a toss-up between the Magnificat "My soul doth magnify the Lord" and the story of Mary (sister to Martha & Lazarus) washing Jesus' feet with her tears. There's something overwhelmingly romantic in Mary's willingness to step so boldly into the unknown as she responds in the affirmative to the Holy Spirit's announcement that she's to be the Mother of God.
ReplyDeleteAnd the other story - Mary washing Jesus' feet with her tears - is a gesture of pure caring, and speaks to me of the kind of sacrifice that any of us would make for someone we truly loved.
So there...
;)
Those were nice Liv. You took it in a direction I never would have thought of, but I like it.
DeleteThe Bible is overflowing with love, I can't pick just one verse. Although, it's not actually romantic in that sense, but it's the shortest verse in the Bible which I feels shows Jesus' humanity and awesome love for us. "Jesus wept." John 11:35. Jesus found out his friend Lazarus had died. (but soon to be risen by Jesus)
ReplyDeleteYou see, I never got that part. Why did Jesus weep when he knew he was going to raise his friend from the dead and see him soon. But Jesus himself was the best example of true love.
DeleteNana, I have a little Wikipedia for you as to why 'Jesus wept'::: Significance has been attributed to Jesus' deep emotional response to his friends' weeping, and his own tears, including the following:
ReplyDeleteWeeping demonstrates that Christ was indeed a true man, with real bodily functions (such as tears, sweat, blood, eating and drinking—note, for comparison, the emphasis laid on Jesus' eating during the post-resurrection appearances). His emotions and reactions were real; Christ was not an illusion or spirit (see Docetism). Pope Leo I referred to this passage when he discussed the two natures of Jesus: "In his humanity Jesus wept for Lazarus; in his divinity he raised him from the dead."
The sorrow, sympathy, and compassion Jesus felt for all mankind.
The rage he felt against the tyranny of death over mankind.[4]
Although the bystanders interpreted his weeping to mean that Jesus was sorrowful for the fact that Lazarus had died (verse 36), Witness Lee considers this to be unreasonable, given Jesus' intention to resurrect Lazarus. Lee argues instead that every person to whom Jesus talked in John 11 (his disciples, Martha, Mary, and the Jews) was blinded by their misconceptions. Thus he "groaned in his spirit" because even those who were closest to him failed to recognize that he was, as he declared in verse 26, "the resurrection and the life". Finally, at the graveside, he "wept in sympathy with their sorrow over Lazarus's death".[5]
It was after her father's death, in particular the way his "broken-down body had strained violently for every breath at the end", that Colleen Carroll Campbell finally understood the verse: "Jesus wept because death is a horror — every death, even the death of a good man, even the death of someone on his way back to God.... Jesus saved us from death's finality; he brings greater good out of its pain; but death still horrifies us because that's the very nature of death: horrifying. Hope this helps a little...
Yes it does Cathy. Thank you for doing the research and showing me.
DeleteThat's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any romantic favourites, but I love all the ones that express a love for my God.
There are a lot of those verses in the bible.
DeleteI read Catherine's comment and loved and agreed with every bit of it. The Bible itself is a wonderful book of poetry, prose and lyrics and there is so much romance in each and every verse, flowing so beautifully, Nana.
ReplyDeleteBoth you and Cathy are right. Isn't that why it's the most sold book in the world? Well, the flow and a few other things. LOL.
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