This class was a great time of reflection. Each woman shared something about how the “definitions” from last week gave them some fun stuff to share with their husband. They each explained, in different ways, how they liked being able to shed new light on Song of Solomon to their mate. And what was fun for me was listening to how the discussions progressed after the wives shared the meanings with their husbands!
We had a good discussion on bedroom attire and I noticed every woman writing something down during this part of the class. I believe I may hear a couple of stories next week of how they went out and purchased something pretty to wear to bed.
After a time of reflection and teaching, I showed a DVD clip from Tommy Nelson’s Song of Solomon series. I play the session from Disc #2, Part 5, entitled, “The Art of Intimacy, Part 1.” This is the section of his seminar where he interprets and explains the words and meaning of Chapter 4 from Song of Solomon.
This chapter is all about the wedding night of Solomon and Shulamith–the foreplay and the inevitable consummation of their marriage. As I sit in a chair at the back of the room, behind the ladies during this clip, it’s fun for me to watch them as they begin to understand just how erotic, and fun, this time was for the royal couple. Nelson does such a fabulous job of helping a Christian see how God intended for marriage to be passionate, and pure–all at the same time. He is great at explaining what God really desires for a married couple in their sexual relationship.
While money may be an issue for you concerning Nelson’s seminar on DVD, I would encourage you to try and borrow this resource for sharing with your class. Maybe your church already owns this series, or would be willing to purchase it for a time of teaching in the future. Your class would greatly benefit from viewing it.
I encouraged my students to share what they learned with their husband at home, along with reading the commentary of Chapter 4 from the Appendix. This always proves to be an important part of this study because it helps them as a couple to understand that God desires them to enjoy the passion He created and that He blesses their sexual union.
I had one lady share how she had conversation with her husband last week about God being in the bedroom. She asked her husband if he was “there” yet, meaning was he able to openly invite God into their lovemaking. While he shared with her that he was not, they both were able to share with each other that they both desired to get to this point of being able to do this. I could tell that it was a very vital and important time of sharing in their marriage.
Once again, so much of what I love about this study is how it helps couples open up and begin communicating about a critical part of their marriage.
Having a smaller class this time has been very enjoyable for me. We have time to take a few “rabbit trails” during the course of the study; yet I find that we run out of time much too quickly. Ninety minutes should be enough, but I find I always wish for more.
Once again I encouraged them not to miss next week when I play Lorraine Pintus’ message on past sexual sin. I believe that no matter what the state of a woman’s marriage is, she can benefit from hearing this talk. For some women it has been life-changing by helping them to break the ties from past sexual relationships; for others, it has helped them to see that they have some wrong attitudes concerning sex in their marriage.
When I’m busy preparing for this class, I pray extra hard for the ladies that will hear the message and for God to make their hearts receptive to what He will say to them that night and in the weeks ahead. I pray that nothing will be a distraction to them and that they will be able to totally focus on the message.
More details to follow next week!
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