Two turtle doves
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
Two turtle doves
symbolizes the Old and New Testaments.
The cost of two turtle doves is $ 66.00 each.
Search the glades and valleys, even by sultry Jordan, at the end of March, and not a turtle-dove is to be seen. Return in the second week of April, and clouds of doves are feeding on the clovers of the plain. They overspread the whole face of the land." "Immediately on its arrival it pours forth from every garden, grove, and wooded hill its soothing coo unceasingly from early dawn till sunset.
The turtle-dove is a name of endearment for one beloved, in Son. 2:12.
The leading idea in such an application of the word is that of innocence, harmlessness, timidity, gentleness. The thought here is that of a people dear to God, now timid and alarmed. It is the prayer of a people beloved by God that He would not deliver them to their enemies.
Son 2:12 in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields.
“The flowers – The communications of God’s grace, the gifts, and graces, and comforts of the Holy Spirit.
The turtle – This seems particularly to be mentioned because it not only gives notice of the spring, but aptly represents the Spirit of God, which appeared in the shape of a dove, and which works as a dove – like meekness, and chastity, and faithfulness, in believers.”
"To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances;
To seek Him, the greatest adventure; To find Him, the greatest human achievement."
Then and only then can you hear the cooing of the "turtle doves"...love birds in your soul
coming next: Three French hens
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