Until when does the day blow, and the shadows flee away? Turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the cleft mountains. (mountains of Bether – NASB) Song of Songs 2:17 LITV *** Months ago, in part three of Through the Lattice, we readers were introduced to the […]
The two Holy Fruit posts serve as a significant lead-in to the whole of Vineyard Days, which begins with the opening post of the same title, three posts down. The story / study of the Shulamite Bride in the Song of Songs and Jesus' vineyard teachings of John 15 reads chronologically from Vineyard Days and following. May your spiritual growth be stimulated and your heart be moved to ever-deepening love with the Bridegroom King, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Vineyard Days – Selah VI
Before launching into chapter three of the Song of Songs, it’s time to Selah (pause and think). Her name was Much-Afraid. The heroine in the beloved classic Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard* was not unlike our friend the Shulamite. The photo that accompanies this post reminded me of a dream I had many […]
Vineyard Days – Yours Also is the Night
Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. Psalm 74:16a, 19 NASB Prior in Selah VI: Chapter three of the Song of Songs opens with our becoming Bride in the midnight hour […]
Vineyard Days – Two Kinds of Flames, Part 1
Following is a message in the midst of Vineyard Days that I didn’t intend to write until the Lord indicated it was time. Given that a major portion of the State of Washington where I live is on fire, it would seem it is time. I unapologetically acknowledge the length of this post, so much […]
Vineyard Days – Yours Also is the Night, Part 2
“On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him. ‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ Song of Songs 3:1-2a *** It takes time to learn […]
Vineyard Days – Yours Also is the Night, Part 3
‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him. Song of Songs 3:2 *** It is while enrobed in the dark of night that our hearts either convey us forward or betray […]
Vineyard Days – At the Threshing Floor Tonight
“Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight.” Ruth 3:2 NASB – The removal of the old, in order to establish the new. – There is a separating in the night that, if embraced, accomplishes the betrothal (be-truthing) of the beloved to the Bridegroom. […]
Vineyard Days – Selah VII
The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’ Scarcely had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves; Song of Songs 3:3-4a It’s time for a nightcap – for this portion of the Shulamite Bride’s story in the […]
Vineyard Days – Mercy Land
…to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, Romans 9:23 NASB An emotionally fragile vine sat in my office one day. The theme of her monologue was monogamous in nature – life was not fair and had not treated her well; why didn’t God do […]
Vineyard Days – Three Yieldings
One thing we discover in these formative, growing and even dormant days in the vineyard is that the Husbandman wants all of who we are: spirit and soul and body. He is invested in completing all He has started. Now (moreover) may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and […]