Peeping Tom Series

The invitation he extends to her is due to the fact that being in love with her has caused him to see things differently. It’s is though he feels that he is wasting time that they can’t be together. Life is passing them by and he can’t stand the wait. That is why he said, ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.’

He express his desire in what he communicates to her. The turtle dove gives off a pleasant ‘cooing’ sound. He is saying by natural reference to her that he loves hearing her voice. To him it is the sound of this lovely ‘cooing’ that the gentle turtle dove imparts. When he refers to ‘O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.”, he draws attention to her purity and gentleness. The turtle doves made their nests in the clefts of the high mountain rocks which are away from predators. Here he is seeking to get his love away from the world and everyone in it and to be able to be alone with just her.

Notice how he constantly is speaking in complements to his love. Note to couples – the principal number one issue in marriage counseling is the lack of communication between the husband and the wife. The men just clam up and refuse to talk with their wives. This is a leading problem with infidelity. Why? -because the woman needs to talk. If she is not receiving this from her husband, she will find someone who will listen. I believe this message is pretty clear.

15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

With all this nice representation described by the man, why do we see this new verbiage? Since the man used nature to describe things and his feelings, she responds to his invitation to get away with him prior to their marriage. The big issue here is problems. The fox is real pains in the you know what. They will ruin a vineyard in a very short time. Here she is explaining to him that she is also enticed by his companionship yet she doesn’t want to give in to her desires prematurely. She says in affect, ‘Let us stop while it is still safe before we go off and do something that we will both regret’ For the after effects will be worse than the temporary satisfaction of fulfilling their lusts for each other.

This woman has all the right ideas. Over time problems will creep into their lives. They need to be walking the walk of their Godly lives not just talking the talk. Through the proper communication they both can see this problem along with other life situations to a satisfactory end. We can see that although he needs a cold shower, he knows that what she is saying in right. That is why she responds that she knows that they belong to each other.