It's a Beautiful God Who pursues us when we are unlovely.
"I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her."
And I weep.
There.
I will give her a door of hope.
Hosea 2:14-15.
And I will have mercy on No Mercy.
And I will say to Not My People, You are my People."
Hosea 2:23.
So stirring.
May Hosea be ever so real in each of us.
May we cry from our hearts for what affects us so this day.
No wailing from our beds, O God!
Help us to truly repent as the Great Story beckons. Help us to find You.
Oh! Laodicea, you thought you were doing okay. But, no. You talked your way right into heaven but you didn't end up there: "I am rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing." Rev 3:17. And, God spits you out of his mouth. Don't you know that you were wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Yet, where we are today, we cannot easily say those kind of statements or we miss the revelation of our purpose here. The whole Bible is revelatory.
PHOTO: Outside my classroom door for 15 years. Common Grace is always here. Redeeming Grace is forever mine. 350
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