“My beloved responded and said to me,

‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along.

11 ‘For behold, the winter is past,

The rain is over and gone.

12 ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;

The time has arrived for pruning the vines,

And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

13 ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs,

And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.

Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along!'”

Song of Solomon 2:10-13

This passage expresses to us in such poetic and loving language, how God desires to spend time with us and to enjoy the time together. He wants to show us His beauty, and also, all the beautiful things He has made for us—the flowers and the blossoms and their wonderful fragrance.

When I go out on my nature walks I always…