{"id":2806,"date":"2019-09-23T08:34:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T12:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2019-09-23T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T12:34:30","slug":"no-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/09\/23\/no-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"No Wonder!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Song of Solomon 1:1-4<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHe\u2019s perfect for you,\u201d my friend told me. She was talking about a guy she had just met. She described his kind eyes, his kind smile, and his kind heart. When I met him I had to agree. Today he\u2019s my husband, and no wonder I love him!<\/div>\n<div>In the Song of Solomon the bride describes her lover. His love is better than wine and more fragrant than ointments. His name is sweeter than anything in this world. So she concludes that it\u2019s no wonder he is loved.<\/div>\n<div>But there is Someone far greater than any earthly loved one, Someone whose love is also better than wine. His love satisfies our every need. His \u201cfragrance\u201d is better than any perfume because when He gave Himself for us, His sacrifice became a sweet-smelling aroma to God (Eph. 5:2). Finally, His name is above every name (Phil. 2:9). No wonder we love Him!<\/div>\n<div>It is a privilege to love Jesus. It is the best experience in life! Do we take the time to tell Him so? Do we express with words the beauty of our Savior? If we show His beauty with our lives, others will say, \u201cNo wonder you love Him!\u201d<\/div>\n<div><em><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Lord, You are beautiful! No wonder we love You! Deepen our love for You today, we pray. Help us see Your beauty in new ways.Amen.<br \/>\nTHOUGHT FOR THE DAY<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>God\u2019s Word tells us of His love; our words tell Him of our love.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Christian Education Forum, Diocese of NAE of the Mar Thoma Church<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song of Solomon 1:1-4 We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) \u201cHe\u2019s perfect for you,\u201d my friend told me. She was talking about a guy she&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Solomon1-1-4.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2808,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}