Casual Friends or Lovers?

My lover is mine and I am his;
Song of Songs 2:16a

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."
Song of Songs 8:6-7

He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Song of Songs 2:4,6

We each know the difference in relationships between casual friends and the one that we are in love with! While it's nice to see a friend occasionally, we yearn to see and be with that special one, our beloved, the object of our total affection- that we are in love with! Our hearts ache when we are apart, leap when we are together, our beloved is always on our minds, we want to bless them and honor them, we forsake all others, our behaviors and actions are directed at pleasing the beloved...the relationship is not casual, it is sacred, treasured and prized above all others. The lover of our souls, the Uncreated who created us for this purpose, is not interested in casual or occasional with us! He wants us to have the same fire for Him that He has for us- the realization and revelation that comes to us when we seek Him with all of our heart, in that instant when the beloved (us) realizes and exclaims, "You did all of that just for me, because you love ME?"
Beloved, don't settle for ordinary, or casual...there is so much more on the other side of the veil. Seek your Bridegroom while He may yet be found...He is waiting for you.