Morning Sips: Unfaithfulness

“Go take for yourself a wife of harlotry”…”for the land (Israel) has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord.” ~Hosea 1:2

Please tell me I’m not the only one.

Nah, don’t bother. Because if you’re breathing I know you have the same problem I do. You are unfaithful. So am I.

My attention waivers.

My loyalties wear out.

I often like to do what I want more than I like to do what I ought.

I don’t keep my vows.

This morning while reading Hosea I see too much of myself and his Harlot bride. The Mirror of the Word reflects back to me a willful and undisciplined child, who hears the instruction of the Father yet thinks she can disobey with no consequences. Fool. There are always consequences.

But continue reading…

“And now, here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to start all over again. I’m taking her back out into the wilderness where we had our first date, and I’ll court her. I’ll give her bouquets of roses. I’ll turn Heartbreak Valley into Acres of Hope. She’ll respond like she did as a young girl, those days when she was fresh out of Egypt. ~Hosea 2:14‭-‬15 MSG

Thank you, Father. Thank you that you are always calling me back to you, cleaning me up, and re-extending to me the promise of Hope contained in your love for me.