Reading Hosea and it’s sooooo POWERFUL! It got me excited because of the parallelism in Hosea’s relationship with his wife and God with His people! Great reminder that when we exercise our free will of turning away from what God deemed good and righteous, He falls through with letting us experience the consequences not because He does not love us, but to test our character and to show His glory when He redeems us and restores us back to Him! This is how He shows that He is just. And He showed us His love, that though we have turned away from Him, committed idolatry and adultery against Him, He sent us Jesus so that we may be restored and become one with Him again. To keep His covenant with His bridegroom–His people. Return to your first love! Return to Him who first loved you!
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