The Old Testament contains the story of Hosea and Gomer. Hosea was God’s servant who God told to marry Gomer, a prostitute. As the story unfolds, we find God describing His people and their unfaithfulness to Him. Then we find a beautiful expression of God’s intentions for His beloved, unfaithful people. We find God’s intentions for us. His intentions for me.  His intentions for you. We find a  promise so amazing that we can hardly understand.

 Hosea 2:14-15 

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfort to her.

I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;

She shall sing there,

As in the days of her youth…

I will allure her. 

God allures me, his unfaithful one.

I will bring her into the wilderness.

Into the wilderness.  He allures me into the wilderness.

A  lonely place.  A place of confusion. A place of lack. Dry. Deserted. Foreign.

And then… 

I will speak comfort to her.

God, you are so confusing!  You lead me into a painful place and then you comfort me?

I will give her her vineyards from there.

What?  You want to give me fruitfulness from my place of desolation?

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