One long love story
The Bible is not a collection of individual, random stories. The Bible tells one long story, the never-ending story, and the thread running through the whole story is God’s forever love. Despite this perfect...
Monthly Archive: December 2016
Forever love
Hosea 11 is a tender image of God’s love for His people. The image of a father and his child. The father whose heart is irrevocably changed that first time he is handed that...
God doesn’t give us more than He can handle
This is the truth. Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord. None of us can do it on our own. Today maybe, even tomorrow, but not forever. One day, it will all...
We were not created to do it on our own
As a nation, Israel had everything going for it. It had the one true God on its side for a start. That counted for a lot. God rescued and delivered His people. God protected...
So tell me: am I weird?
When Andy and I were at university together, one of the books that had the greatest impact on our lives was ‘Letters for Auntie Flo’ by Graham Young. It was all about living life...
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
If you’ve been walking with us on this journey though the Bible, you’ll know the history of God’s people. How He rescued them from Egypt and how in their stubbornness, they rebelled against Him...
Exchanging the glorious for the disgraceful
Hosea has demonstrated in his own life how God loves His unfaithful people by taking an unfaithful woman to be his wife. It’s a poignant illustration. He’s demonstrated God’s love in action. Now he...
Love as I have loved
Hosea Chapter 3 is short. Only five verses. And yet the story it contains is immense. There are no details, no descriptions, no elaboration. The truths here are stark and hard to understand on...
A change in relationship
As we continue on through Hosea chapter 2, we see how God has a vision of the relationship between Himself and His people changing. Maybe at first it was like an arranged marriage. Promises...
A door of hope
Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. Hosea 2:14 The story isn’t over. Yes, Israel has acted like an unfaithful wife...
