Song of Songs 7:5
“Your head crowns you like Carmel,
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
The above verse is from Solomon's words directed toward his bride. I love the last line. He, the king, is "captivated" by the tresses (locks of her hair). The love we have for the partner God gives us should "captivate" us. The word here in the Hebrew is that we are "locked in" or "taken prisoner." Poetically we might say that Solomon is "locked in by her locks." When you are in love it doesn't taken much to be "captivated." We are often put in prison by love. We ought to enjoy that type of prison. Love's prison is the best. Solomon spends the entire first part of this chapter simply outlining and taking inventory of what he loves about his bride. He "counts his blessings" in the bride God gave him. We ought to take stock in what we have in our spouse. Yes, they could weigh less (or more); they could be taller (or shorter); they could be funnier (or, more serious); and they could be more passionate (or, less). But, they are what God made them. Satan wants us to look at what we don't have. The person at work you are attracted to is not there by mistake. Satan surrounds you with people your lover is not. He wants you to fail and fall. Solomon takes time to inventory what he has. Once he does that he doesn't need another.
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