Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Arise, And Come Away (Poem)

Arise, And Come Away

Arise, and come away, My love,
Arise, and come away;
Come, spend some time with Me, My child;
Seek My face today.

I long to fellowship with you, My love,
Until the breaking of the day;
Amidst the toiling and the trying times,
Arise, and come away.

I offer rest and renewal for your soul,
I will take your burdens away.
Find solace and shelter in My presence,
Arise, and come away.

Under the shadow of My wings,
You will find a peace like you’ve never known;
Like a sparrow finds a nest in My temple,
I am your eternal home.

I am all you will ever need, My child.
Abba, Father, is My name.
Come spend some time with Me, My love,
Arise, and come away.

March 22nd, 2025
Jerry Bouey

(For Mother's Day, 2025)

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Song of Songs 2:10-13 My beloved spake, and said unto 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 earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Jeremiah 6:16a Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

Psalms 84:1-3 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON GITTITH, A PSALM FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The Savour Of The Saviour' Name (Poem)

The Savour Of The Saviour’s Name

The blessed savour of my Saviour,
Like an ointment or perfume -
Oh, the joy of His dear presence
Floods my heart and fills the room.

Oh, the wonder of Jesus’ name
Captures my soul with pure delight.
And the glory that surrounds us,
Dispels our deepest, darkest night.

When we spend time with our Saviour,
There’s a gladness and a peace.
There’s a hope and expectation -
Abundant life that will never cease.

By His death and resurrection,
He paid redemption’s price for all;
Oh, the blessing of His salvation
When upon His name we call.

The wondrous savour of life unto life -
The blessings that fill our hearts.
Oh, the glory of His presence -
And the wonder His love imparts!

May 4th, 2025
Jerry Bouey

Because of the savour of thy good ointments
thy name is as ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee.
Song of Songs 1:3

The Savour Of Jesus’ Name

Song of Songs 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

When we talk about the Lord Jesus Christ, when we fellowship together in His name, it is like a perfume or ointment going forth wherever we go. It is the smell of the burnt offering, wellpleasing to the Father, and we carry that savour everywhere we go. Those around us can tell we have been with Jesus! See Ephesians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 and Acts 4:12-13.

Song of Songs 1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

Notice the spikenard is the woman’s. Mary of Bethany poured HER spikenard on the Saviour, the King, then the smell filled the house. She did this in preparation for Jesus’s death:

John 12:1-3, 7 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment… Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

Song of Songs 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Next we see the believer referring to Jesus’ burial. Myrrh is the aromatic spice that the dead were wrapped in. Her thoughts of Christ were like a sachet of potpourri sitting next to her heart - her Saviour is kept close to her heart, like someone she truly treasures.

Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Lastly, Jesus is compared to a cluster of camphire, another aromatic spice or flower that pictures the atonement of Jesus. The Hebrew word for camphire used here is literally the same Hebrew word used elsewhere that is translated as atonement, the redemption price and covering for our sin.

As believers fellowship over the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, the savour of His name fills our hearts and lives, and transform every place we go. Truly, it is a sweet smelling savour, acceptable to our Heavenly Father!

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

May 1st, 2025
Jerry Bouey