God, You ask Hosea to take to himself (Hosea 1:2 NKJV), Gomer. You ask him to unite with her, take her to himself in closeness, in vulnerability, and in genuine care for her – to join, to marry, to make her his own precious wife – for life. You are not just asking Hosea to […]
Casual def – easy going; happening by chance; fortuitous; without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing; seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; apathetic; unconcerned. The words, take to yourself, meant for Hosea to make Gomer his. It was a relationship to be had solely with each other. He was to […]
I’m into James Arthur at the moment. Just loving his lyrics and sound. He has written a song, “Let me love the lonely” – it is perhaps unknowingly to him, a deeply spiritual song, whose lyrics speak of the desire to have someone who will love us intimately. I have listened to it often, lately. If the […]
God, the reason You ask Hosea to marry Gomer is revealed. It was for privileged and devastating personal insight, but it was also for Hosea to relay the heartache and grief You feel. Through his didactic life-experience and instructive word to Your beloved Israel, he portrays Your heart. “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife […]
I love theatre. It’s rooted in the love of a good story. I love that feeling of excited anticipation – the cacophony of the orchestral instruments as they do their final tuning, the crowd noise quietens, the house lights dim, the stage lights brighten, the opening music plays, and the curtains part – all together […]
Go, love your wife again though she is…“intimate with chocolate cake”. What?! “The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin […]
… is another man’s treasure. Israel’s is a story of a people whose once former glory is lost. They, now worn and worthless, are tossed out from the surrounding nations – yet they are treasure in the heart of their God (Deuteronomy 14:2, NIV). In their story is a parallel scenario, of a woman, Gomer – Having […]
To do anything but tell this story as it is, would be to downplay the extent of offense You, God, feel from Israel’s rejection of You. Much of what You say here, is for an R-rated audience. You don’t hold back from the degradation of it all. You say it as it is. I feel […]
None of my brokenness darkens or diminishes¹ my worth. None of my brokenness is able to put an end to the unfailing love You have for me that seeks my company and my return to relationship with You. Yes, like Israel, and like Gomer, I am ruined, broken, desperate, lost, but You love me here. You understand […]
def –An intervening space that comes between two parts. A short dramatic piece, especially of a light or farcical character, formerly introduced between the parts or acts of a play. Not too long ago I found myself upset, frustrated, and out of sorts. I’m not much of one for excessive verbal expression of myself, […]