Take words and return to the Lord...
I think Hosea has become one of my favorite books...along with the rest of God's Word....so redemptive, so seeking, so restoring ....so healing, so loving when all God wants is to love us back into His loving arms...
His boundaries are loving , not awful...
His words are comforting, not tearing down...
He desires that we flourish not die in the vine...
We wants us to understand , not be confused...
He is gracious....
Your sins have been your downfall!
Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to him:“Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
(2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. )
Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say ‘Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily.
Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots; his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. People will dwell again in his shade;
they will flourish like the grain, they will blossom like the vine—Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Who is wise? Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
(Ecclesiastes 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. )
So many promises...
Ephraim=means "it is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."..
We can be fruitful, by God's grace...and at His bidding and with His help...
Thank YOU that you care so much for us ...help me to walk in your ways...seeking your path ...turning to You and not the world...
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