Song of Solomon 5
Explanation and Bible story for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 3-6)
The Explanation
It was night. Very quiet, very still. A girl was sleeping in her bed. Her name we do not know. But she loved someone very, very much. She loved a man called her beloved.
In her dream, she heard a soft sound. Knock, knock. It was him! He stood at her door. His hair was wet from the night. "Please, open the door," he said gently.
But the girl was already in bed. She was warm and sleepy. "Wait a moment," she said. She was slow to get up.
When she finally opened the door, he was gone. Gone! The girl was so sad. She ran outside to look for him. Through the streets, in the dark. "Where are you? Where are you?" she called.
She met other girls in the city. "Have you seen him?" she asked. "What is he like?" they asked back.
Then her eyes started shining. "Oh," she said. "He is the very best. His eyes are kind. His hands are gentle. His voice is soft and warm. He is my friend. He is my beloved."
What Does This Mean?
This is a story about loving very much. So much that you look for someone. So much that your heart aches when he is far away. So much that you can talk about him for a long, long time.
That is love. Real love.
The Common Thread
Do you know Who loves you like that? Jesus. Jesus loves you so, so much. He is always near. He never disappears.
And there is something wonderful. God wants you to love Him too. Not a little bit. But a lot. With your whole heart.
Just like the girl in the story could not stop talking about her beloved, so we may talk about Jesus. He is the very best. His eyes are kind. His hands are gentle. His voice is soft and warm.
For You
Sometimes we are like the girl in bed. Someone knocks. But we think, later. Later I will listen. Later I will pray. Later, later, later.
But God is knocking now. Softly, gently. He says, "I am here. Do you want to talk with Me?"
You can open the door right away. You can say, "Yes, Jesus, come in." You can talk about Him with Mommy. With Daddy. With Grandma.
Because when you love someone, you talk about him. A lot. And Jesus, He is the very, very best.
Talk About It
Who do you love a lot? What makes that person so nice?
What is the most wonderful thing about Jesus, do you think?
Praying Together
Dear Jesus,
You are so kind. You are so good. I want to love You a lot. When You knock, I will open the door. Thank You that You are my friend.
Amen.
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My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him." She felt him before she opened. And still she lay there, warm, already undressed, too settled to move. By the time she rose, he had gone. How often does your heart pound at what God is stirring, while the rest of you stays in bed?
She has just been struck by the watchmen and stripped of her veil, and the only message she sends is this: "tell him that I am faint with love." No complaint about his leaving. No defense of her own slowness to open the door. Only longing, said out loud in front of others. When God feels far off, what do you tell people you feel?
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock."
She rises, but too late. He has already knocked, waited, and moved on. Yet her hands drip with myrrh, the fragrance of love still clinging to her fingers as she reaches for the door.
How often love comes to us at inconvenient hours, and we hesitate just long enough to miss the moment? Still, the myrrh remains. Even our late answers carry something sweet. Rise now anyway. Open the door.
His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars."
She describes her beloved as strong, steady, towering. Notice she is not ashamed to speak of him this way, out loud, to other women. When was the last time you spoke of Christ with that kind of unhurried admiration? Not defending Him, not explaining Him. Just delighting.
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