REDEEMING ATTRACTION

Bianca Juárez Olthoff

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—for your love is more delightful than wine. Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you! Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends, We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine… —Song of Songs 1:2-4 NIV

There is a difference between attraction and lust.

Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women,love you! —Song of Songs 1:3 NIV

caraso: name; to be etched out

Two Proverbs on Attraction From Solomon

Respect
If you’re the only person who finds your partner attractive and respectable, ask yourself why.
Confidence

Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother’s sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect. Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? —Song of Songs 1:5-7 NIV

ATTRACTION

Attraction is good and ordained by God.
Attraction is more than physical.
Attraction is needed in healthy sexual relationships.

You don’t have to have a significant other to be significant.