The Shulamite to Her Beloved

I have a dream.  A dream of him running his fingers through my hair that sends chills up and down my spine.  I have a dream, of a love, that’s so divine.  When I dream, I see his face at night, covering softly my lips and cheeks and I melt into the blankets and pillows, so peaceful and right.  

I have a dream of two souls connecting that recognized the work of God, so so divine.  I have a dream of him being my best friend, we could talk for hours and hours, with no real end.  And when we sleep our dreams connect, and when we wake, we never forget.  This love so real that I feel it so deep within, that nothing could satisfy, until he was at by side, my soul knows no rest.  

I have a dream, that we could travel to distant lands, and ride our bikes through the countryside.  I have a dream that if we were a million miles apart he could feel my heart, searching for him through the thick fog, and when I was hurting he could feel my pain without any words.  I have a dream, of a love so strong that not no waters could quench it. 

That we would choose each other even if living in different lifetimes.   I have a dream that we would make decisions in our lives that drew us closer together, without each other even knowing.  I have a dream where if we didn’t agree, we would communicate softly and be completely utterly honest with one another.  Truth could be found even with the slightest touch of the breeze. 

I have a dream that if we missed one another in form that we knew if the other was there once, because we could feel their heart with the tide of the soft ocean.  If I could dream, just a little, every second would melt with his, and he would be mine.  There would be no question, to ease any worried mind, because my heart would safely trust in His. 

Some of my favorite verses in the Bible talks about the beauty between two lovers:  The spark notes are a great summary below:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldtestament/section14.rhtml

Whats more beautiful is the actual verses that capture my attention every time that I open The Bible, thus they are underlined from years ago and highlighted.

SONG OF SOLOMON:

Chapter2: 10-14 

“My beloved spoke and said to me,

  Rise up, my love, my fair one,

And come away

For lo, the winter is past

The rain is over and gone

The flowers appear on the eath:

The time of singing has come,

And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land

The Fig tree puts forth her green figs,

And the wines with the tender grapes,

Give a good smell,

Rise up my love, my fair one,

And come away!

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,

In the secret places of the cliff,

Let me see your face,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your face is lovely”.

One thing that I noticed about this SONG is that many times it states “Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases”. 

Chapter THREE

By night, on my bed, I sought the one that I love;

I sought him, but I did not find him.

Down to verse 4:

Scarcely had I passed by them,

When I found the one I love,

I held him and would not let him go,

Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,

And into the chamber of her who conceived me.

Again:  DO not stir up nor awaken love

Until it pleases.

Chapter FIVe:  Another favorite

I opened for my beloved

But my beloved had turned away

And was gone.

My heart leaped up when he spoke.

I sought him, but I could not find him;

I called him, buy he gave me no answer.

The watchmean who went about the city found me.

They struck me, they wounded me.

The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me

I CHARGE you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

IF  YOU FIND MY BELOVED,

That you tell him I am lovesick!

Chapter 7: The beauty of this is in the man describing His beloved: I really like the end of verse 8:

“The fragrance of your breathe is like apples,

And the rood of your mouth like the best wine.

LASTLY: Chapter 8 

The Shulamite to her BELOVED:

“Set me as a seal upon your heart,

As a seal upon your arm;

For love is as strong as death,

Jealousy as cruel as the grave,

Its flames are flames of fire,

A most vehement Flame.

Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor can the floods drown it.

If a man would give for love

All the wealth of his house,

It would be utterly despised.

Tonight As I Pray

A Soft Gentle Poem

Tonight as I pray, I always thank God for each new day, but somehow lately I feel as if I’ve gotten nothing done because my heart, just can’t seem to make a decision to go.  I can’t make a decision to stay or to go, and when I feel one step closer, I feel one step back, and going nowhere, goes no where. Way too fast.  

The days are getting old, although I still find joy in them, there’s something more somewhere, finding me, searching me, looking for a place to fit in and call home.  A place where the soft winds blows my name, through his soul.  

A place where peace resides when I am by his side, home.  Only, now, nobody really knows.  The hearts strong desire, to know how much its tired and worn, bring life to my soul.  If only he had known for years my ancient heart built this house for him to stand at the throne.  If only he could have shown. The love in his heart for me but the wind carried it away, that as soon as I would feel lit,  it would quietly pass and drift. 

Maybe time is always the key, sometimes I feel like ive done mastering everything externally. And need to work on me.  Internally.  My soul throbs each and everyday, for the knowledge to grow in me in every possible way. To be prepared for the unknown, because we both know the world we live in is not what it seems, and it could be that one day we wake up and the earth is a different place.  Theres not one hiding place.  And I would be left alone.  Yet my hunger for his heart still yet exists, and if dreams were just meant to be dreams, and not exist, why can’t I stop singing that song, and feeling that emotion and desiring.  

Somewhere hes looking for me, searching for me, trying to find me, but I keep missing him, because maybe my heart is prepared for such a love that would only exist where angels would sing a heavenly tune if the two were to just kiss.  Maybe instead of trying to seek my own…………………

Social Media Strategy

In reading Ad Age's Power 150: Social Media Strategy as a Marketing Tool blog post, it inspired me to fully try to understand the complexity of social media and its role for organizations to help build more business.  Break of Dawn Photography(BOD) is my newest creative ideas.  My goal is provide artistic photography that one may envision one their wall as a topic of conversation.  This blog helped guide me in the direction of understanding how important social media is in this age of booming technology.

Social media appears to have a direct impact in the photography business because people scan their media sites fast and tend to glance at pictures regularly.  When something catches their eye that they find a connection with they may like it and desire to see more.  This may link a cruising person to the website for the company which provides the customer with even more inspiration.

The first thing that is happening in the photography industry is the use of social media to grasp customers attention through their interesting photo's and this in result, may lead to direct sales driven by this marketing tool.  This link will lead you directly to one of the best photographers in the State of Maine who got my attention directly through social media.

The next thought in the industry is that people want to see creativity and something different to capture their attention.  Plain boring pictures can only grab someone's attention for so long before they are moving onto something else.  Can we find a link to consumers attention that will hold their interest?  What better way to do this....but through the art of social media.

Lastly, internet traffic is much like driving traffic in that there are two lanes. One for customers going one way, and one for those going the opposite.  How can we lead the RIGHT customers, that NICHE in the market that we are looking to tailor and narrow the focus to?  Through social media of course.

The three ideas that I grasped through this blog was as follows:

  1.  Scan the social media sites to find the ones that customers are more following and match those with the company values and vision.
 2.  If you are not hitting your quota's or sales figures, google has many strategies such as key word optimization that allows you to gear your social media strategy to have customers heading your way.
 3.  Go mobile.  Smart phone accessibility can give organizations key information and raw data to link your sales directly to social media so that managers can strategize their marketing alternatives appropriately.