A Lily Among Thorns

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys, like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens Song of Songs 2:1-2

I've been studying the Song of Solomon, the song of all songs, for some time now.  It has stirred my passion for God and inspired my gratitude for His relentless pursuit of me.  I have been awakened to the fact that God has been chasing me, wooing me and pursuing me with the same tenderness and zeal a young man has when trying to win the heart of the woman he loves. 

I've been praying and declaring from this word this past week and hope that you will also see yourself in it and pray along with me. 

Prayer

I am only a little lily of the valleys (that grows in deep and difficult places).  But You say, Like the lily among thorns, so are you, my love, among the daughters. 

I pray to rise above the thorns that surround me.  The anxieties, life's worries, the cares of the world, distractions of this age, pleasures of life, false glamour, the deceitfulness of riches and passionate desires for other things.  The things that were meant to choke me and suffocate me as I've been growing up in Your Word of truth.  The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on Your head.  You took all of these for me on the cross and overcame so that I can rise unto You everyday and declare that in the midst of the thorns, You have the affections of my heart.  Therefore, my fruit, produced by Your word, the seed and my faith in good soil, will ripen and come to maturity and perfection.  I pray and declare that I will steadily bring forth fruit with patience, in Jesus' name! Amen!

Scripture References:
Song of Songs 2:1-2 (Amplified Version)
Luke 8:14-15
Luke 8:11