0916 你有一個目的
親愛的，我不希望你過於執着於尋找我呼召你去做什麼，以至於錯過了更大的圖畫【忽略了更重要的意義】。關於你生命簡單而深刻的真理，可以概括為：你人生的目的是與我同在、認識我、愛我，並以你現在還不知道會是可能的方式來領受我的愛。
是的，我確實為你的人生制定了藍圖。其中有待完成的計劃和待實現的夢想，但這些都不及我們之間的關係重要。我希望我們之間的聯合是甜蜜而飽滿的。我希望你如此全身心地被我佔據，以至於其他一切都變得次要。配偶並不是你感到被愛的必要條件，事業和事奉也不是你獲得滿足所必需的。每一個祝福都只是蛋糕上的糖霜——是額外的、附加的。我要你在我們的愛中找到完全、徹底的滿足。這樣，我為你預備的其他一切就會自由而輕鬆地涌流出來，並且不會變成你的偶像，也不會成為壓力的來源。讓我們享受我們的聯合吧；沒有什麼比這更重要。
你觸及我的心靈深處；你眼波一閃，我便因你的愛而不能自已，我所愛的、與我相配的【我的良伴】、我的新娘。你讓我無法呼吸——僅僅從你那敬拜的眼眸投來一瞥，就讓我全然傾倒，因為你已偷走了我的心。我被你的愛，以及你身上閃耀的公義之恩典牢牢俘獲。——雅歌 4:9
0916 You have a purpose
Beloved, I don’t want you to get so caught up in searching for what I’ve called you to do that you miss the bigger picture. The simple yet profound truth about your life can be summed up in this: The purpose of your life is to be with me, to know me, and to love me and receive my love in ways you still don’t know are possible.
Yes, I do have a blueprint for your life. There are plans to be fulfilled and dreams to be realized, but those aren’t as important as our relationship. I want our union to be sweet and full. I want you to be so consumed with me that everything else is secondary. Spouses aren’t required to feel loved, and careers and ministry aren’t needed for you to find fulfillment. Every blessing is icing on the cake–extra. I want you to find total and complete contentment in our love. Then everything else I have for you will flow freely and easily. And it won’t become an idol or a source of stress. Let’s enjoy our union. Nothing matters more than this.
You reach into my heart. With one flash of your eyes I am undone by your love, my beloved, my equal, my bride. You leave me breathless–I am overcome by merely a glance from your worshiping eyes, for you have stolen my heart. I am held hostage by your love and by the graces of righteousness shining upon you. –SONG OF SONGS 4:9