Our English language only has one word for love. We say we love chocolate and then use the
same word to describe our devotion for our spouse when it is obvious we do not
equate the two. The Greeks on the other
hand had different words to describe love.
One of those words was Eros.
This is need love. It is based upon physical attraction and used
to describe intimate love or romantic love. Salomon advises us to focus and
reserve this type of love exclusively for our spouse.
Proverbs 5:15-19-Drink waters out of your own cistern, and
running waters out of your own well. Should your overflowing springs be
scattered outside, like rivers of waters in the streets? Let them be only your
own, and not to strangers with you; let your fountains be blessed, and rejoice
with the wife of your youth; she is a loving deer, a graceful doe; let her
breasts satisfy you every time, and always be ravished in her love.
This love is necessary for marriage to succeed however,
marriage cannot be sustained by Eros alone.
Tomorrow Phileo Love
No comments:
Post a Comment