Love

⁶ Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
⁷ She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will say,
‘I will go back to my husband as at first,
for then I was better off than now.’ 
 ⁸ She has not acknowledged that I was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,
who lavished on her the silver and gold—
which they used for Baal.

¹² I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,
which she said were her pay from her lovers;
I will make them a thicket,
and wild animals will devour them.
¹³ I will punish her for the days
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the LORD.

Hosea 2:6-8, 12-13

I read this and I feel like Gomer, the woman being described in this passage.  I have ran to other lovers.  I have wanted and pursued what God has told me is not good for me.  I have chosen to disobey Him and try to pave my own path.  This has always and will always end in ruin.  I PROMISE. 

But to my disobedience God says this is the very next verse:

¹⁴ “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵ There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

¹⁶ “In that day,” declares the LORD,
“you will call me ‘my husband’;
you will no longer call me ‘my master.^[d]’
¹⁷ I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
no longer will their names be invoked.
¹⁸ In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.
¹⁹ I will betroth you to me forever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
²⁰ I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the LORD.

Hosea 2:14-20

Did you get that people? To our inability to do a darn good thing, God says He wants to be our husband. The God who is described in the previous post wants to be your Husband.  He has betrothed Himself to us with righteousness, justice, love, compassion, and faithfulness.  HE LOVES YOU! He wants to for Himself.  He wants all of you..the good and the bad. Because He takes the bad and will turn it into good.  He wants everything!  He has pursued you and will always pursue you until He is your everything.  He loves you and He wants you to love Him in return.  What is your response?