Whew, I almost can’t take reading Hosea. It pulls on my heart! All I could think as I poured through those pages was, no wonder Catholicism didn’t have us read the Bible. The god they were talking about, sure didn’t match up with God in Hosea. There would be so many questions and feelings by just reading Hosea!
I am so thankful I understand the sin of Jeroboam, the great showing of love and faith God tried to give them in Exodus, the mercy given to David, etc. I am so thankful I know the story, Pastor John. When I read Hosea, I know how much God has loved them, and I almost can’t take hearing His heart break. Oh, Israel!
Hosea 11
- I led them with cords of a man, with ropes of love, but I was to them like those who lift up the yoke onto their jaws, though I had bent down to feed them.
Beth D.