Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. Song of Solomon 1:2
"In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires
after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her.
after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her.
How bold is her love!
It was
much condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint his
feet with spikenard—it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to
sit at His feet and learn of Him—but here, love, strong, fervent love,
aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship.
Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful
liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free
spirit, we also may ask the like.
By kisses we suppose to be intended
those varied manifestations of affection by which the believer is made
to enjoy the love of Jesus.
The kiss of acceptance
is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath accepted our persons
and our works through rich grace.
The kiss of daily, present communion is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day.
Faith is the road,
but communion
with Jesus is the well
from which the pilgrim drinks.
O lover of our
souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of thy blessing meet the lips
of our asking; let the lips of thy fulness touch the lips of our need,
and straightway the kiss will be effected."
Charles Spurgeon