So the Lord has placed on my heart many times to read the book of Hosea. I'll admit that I haven't done it because I thought "what could I get out of this? isn't this just a book about God and Israel?"
Tonight, when I cracked open my Bible and allowed the Lord to take me to where he wanted me to go. Of course, I ended up in the book of Hosea. This time, I read it. And while I know that this book is about God's anger and intense love for Israel, a nation that turned its back on him, I have never been more moved by a passage in the Bible than I was moved by Hosea chapter 2.
All my life, I have struggled with wandering away and then back to God. I know that the "she" referenced in chapter 2 is Israel and not an actual woman but I still feel an intense connection with this chapter. I have turned my back on the Lord many times and many times he has put stumbling blocks in my path for this. And now I feel him calling to me, drawing me back in just as he describes in this chapter.
I wish I had allowed myself to read this book of the Bible long before this moment. I feel that all along, this was the message God has been trying to get to me. It is not he who turned away from me, but me from him. And he is constantly trying to get my attention, to draw me back in. This is the message I've needed to hear but I've resisted due to my own foolishness.
At long last, the questions I needed answered have been answered.
How foolish I am to blame God for not answering me when I just wasn't listening.
Tonight, when I cracked open my Bible and allowed the Lord to take me to where he wanted me to go. Of course, I ended up in the book of Hosea. This time, I read it. And while I know that this book is about God's anger and intense love for Israel, a nation that turned its back on him, I have never been more moved by a passage in the Bible than I was moved by Hosea chapter 2.
All my life, I have struggled with wandering away and then back to God. I know that the "she" referenced in chapter 2 is Israel and not an actual woman but I still feel an intense connection with this chapter. I have turned my back on the Lord many times and many times he has put stumbling blocks in my path for this. And now I feel him calling to me, drawing me back in just as he describes in this chapter.
I wish I had allowed myself to read this book of the Bible long before this moment. I feel that all along, this was the message God has been trying to get to me. It is not he who turned away from me, but me from him. And he is constantly trying to get my attention, to draw me back in. This is the message I've needed to hear but I've resisted due to my own foolishness.
At long last, the questions I needed answered have been answered.
How foolish I am to blame God for not answering me when I just wasn't listening.
