The Great Romancer

Roses are red, 

Your eyes are blue. 

I painted them like the sky 

To make you, you. 

I’ve filled the sky 

With wonder and awe. 

Still, I put you above it.

Stars and all. 

I’ll place you on mountains.

I’ll place you by seas.

No matter your feeling of displacement 

You are home with me. 

I am yours, 

And you are mine.

My sweet daughter

My dear Valentine. 

~ My Romancer. 

On Valentines Day 2020, God began to speak to me about Him being the great romancer. I knew God is many things, but Him being my romancer seemed pretty wack to me. Especially because He was trying to teach me this by continually leading me to the book Song of Solomon every quiet time I had. In the past, I was taught that it was weird for people to read Song of Solomon with the mindset of God being a romancer. I was taught it was a picture of what a Godly couple should look like, nothing more, nothing less. 

I remember fighting the idea so hard until the conviction of not opening my mind to a new meaning to scripture became so intense. I cried out to the Lord, “God would you romance me? Would you teach me what it’s like to be romanced?” Instantly I felt his presence, and he spoke Song of Solomon 4:9-10 to me. 

“You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love..”

I was always taught we should speak to God this way, but how beautiful it was when I had the realization that He’s speaking all of these things back to us. I knew in my head that he loves us, but I never grasped the depths of his obsession with us. He thinks about us every moment of every day. He looks into our eyes and sees something He deems more beautiful than the stars He created and hung in place. He is so deeply in love with us. 

It’s only been a year since last Valentine’s Day, and I can’t believe how far he has brought me in 365 days. Today He took me to a mountain top, brought me into deeper community with my brothers and sisters, took me on a good adventure through Guatemalan ruins, and shared some sweet chocolates with me. My day was woven with reminders of how He loves me and that I’m standing in a promise He gave me a little under a year ago. All because I said yes to diving deeper into the way He loves us, even if it made me uncomfortable. 

We can’t say we are intimate with God until we allow him to become intimate with us as our great romancer. He chooses us and intimacy with us every single day. What are we choosing?