...loses his wife and kids in the process. Song of Solomon 1:6 is most applicable here when it says, "They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." * Spend time with your wife. Your relationship with your wife is the most important human relationship...

...because I (am) black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; (but) mine own vineyard have I not kept. 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest (thy flock) to rest...

...is a verse in Song of Solomon that describes the home life of many missionaries when it says, "they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept" (1:6). Missionaries are not immune to the temptations of the flesh. If anything, as spiritual leaders...

...not her half-brothers, if this were not a divided family. "My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." They said to her, "No; you can't loll around the house; you get out and get to work. Look after the...

..."essential" in my life? "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him." Psalm 37:7 NIV 'They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Song of Solomon 1:6 I've always been intrigued by these words of Solomon. Evidently, even this capable...

...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Songs 1:6 Whites and Blacks alike have been affected by the devastation brought about by slavery in...

...strength have run in the wrong channel. I fear most of us may take up the church's complaint : " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own...I not kept." Two things have eaten up the time and strength of the professors of this generation, and sadly diverted them from heart.work. (I.) Fruitless...

...In 1.6 she elliptically recalls her brothers' anger: "My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept" (1.6). The tone might be equally regretful and apologetic, or mocking and defiant. In 5.8, when she...

...allegories that have been coined for these notions. It says: My mother's sons were incensed against me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept [Song 1:6]. It says on this very same subject: Lest thou give thy splendor unto others, and thy years...

...because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. THE SONG OF SOLOMON. OUT OF THE NORTH the train thundered, and we woke to see the crimson soil of Georgia...