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Exquisite 4

Quotes

icon_ltgray_open_quote Dear, dear friend and lover, you’re as beautiful as Tirzah, city of delights,
Lovely as Jerusalem, city of dreams, the ravishing visions of my ecstasy.
Your beauty is too much for me — I’m in over my head. I’m not used to this! I can’t take it in.
Your hair flows and shimmers like a flock of goats in the distance streaming down a hillside in the sunshine.
Your smile is generous and full — expressive and strong and clean.
Your veiled cheeks are soft and radiant.
There’s no one like her on earth, never has been, never will be.
She’s a woman beyond compare. My dove is perfection,
Pure and innocent as the day she was born, and cradled in joy by her mother.
Everyone who came by to see her exclaimed and admired her —
All the fathers and mothers, the neighbors and friends, blessed and praised her:
“Has anyone ever seen anything like this — dawn-fresh, moon-lovely, sun-radiant, ravishing as the night sky with its galaxies of stars?” icon_ltgray_close_quote
~ Song of Solomon 6:4-10

Of love and sunflowers…

Exquisite 3

Quotes

icon_ltgray_open_quoteEveryone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love — so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about — not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God. icon_ltgray_close_quote
~ 1 John 4:7b-10

Exquisite 2

Life

A morning drive into University Malaya for a kindy graduation that culmulated into a yummy, delicious porky celebration lunch! A nice find in Desa Sri Hartamas! A wet, wet day that didn’t clear the haze but added difficulty to a drive down to Concorde hotel for a friend’s wedding. All in all, a packed, packed day that was extremely tiring!

icon_ltgray_open_quote Hugging is the ideal gift. Great for any occasion, fun to give and receive, shows you care, comes with its own wrapping and, of course, is fully returnable. Hugging is practically perfect. No batteries to wear out, inflation-proof, nonfattening, no monthly payments, theft-proof and nontaxable. icon_ltgray_close_quote

icon_ltgray_open_quote When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love. icon_ltgray_close_quote
~ CS Lewis

Exquisite Week begins

Quotes

icon_ltgray_open_quote Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; but my dove, my perfect one, is unique. icon_ltgray_close_quote
~ Song of Solomon 6:8-9a

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ex·qui·site
Pronunciation: ek-‘skwi-z&t, ‘ek-(“)
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English exquisit, from Latin exquisitus, past participle of exquirere to search out, from ex- + quaerere to seek
1 : carefully selected : CHOICE
2 a : marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution b : marked by nice discrimination, deep sensitivity, or subtle understanding c : ACCOMPLISHED, PERFECTED
4 a : pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection b : having uncommon or esoteric appeal

As the sun sets by a lake

Life
Sunset by Inle Lake, Burma

A man sat by himself, silently in prayer.
“Dear Jesus, you know how much I love her.
You know how wonderful she is. Of course you do. You made her, every cell, every attribute, meticulously made. The problem is I can’t go further.”
    Why not?
“The past hurts, pains and anguish.”
    Then let me have it. When you cannot carry all that, I will carry it for you.
“It has been so long since I’ve loved anyone. I don’t know if I could…”
    Then love her the way I love you. And I will show you how.