I'm hoping to catch up today. Two readings in one day and I'll be back on track. VBS is over so things will hopefully begin to settle down a little bit.
Today I started reading Hosea. In homeletics (preaching) class in college I remember a sermon preached by a student that I really liked. It was on the whole book of Hosea. There's some really interesting aspects of the book - specifically in regards to how the relationship between God and Israel is represented by a husband and a prostituting wife.
In chapter six I was intrigued by these words:
Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds. In just a short time he will restore us so that we may live in his presence. Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him.
Wow! To think that God will all us to be broken, torn apart, even wounded so that we may know him better. Interesting...
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