Archive for October 2011
The Woman's Redemption
I was just one of the Christian women who were once blinded by world's temptations. Before, I often caught my self "falling-infatuated" with non-Christian men. (With God's grace, He didn't allowed be to get into a relationship with one). Whenever this happen I really felt impure before Him. It was really miserable to be away from the One who really loved me because of being infatuated.
A chapter in a book of Bible got my attention. It was in Hosea Chapter 2. It was when God sees Israel's unfaithfulness. Verses 2 to 13 states how He felt for her that He wanted to punish her for what she has done.
"I will make her like a desert,
turn her into a parched land,
and slay her with thirst."
...
"I will punish her for the days
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the LORD."
Yes, He was mad. Reading this verses really showed how bad the woman was. She neglected His love and turned into chasing her lovers. Yet, the Lord still pursed her on verse 14 onwards:she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the LORD."
“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her."
..
"There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt."
...
I will betroth you to me forever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the LORD.
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her."
..
"There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt."
...
I will betroth you to me forever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the LORD.
The Lord wants to pursue you. Yes, He wants to allure You. He wants to fulfill your innermost desires because He wired you that way. He loves you and He values you. He wants you to feel, know and experience it. He thinks that you're priceless and worth fighting for even if you think you're not and you see yourself dirty. Yes He was mad because of the things you've done but He wants to give you a chance and He wants to forgive you. He wants to give you a new hope, not a dying false hope from this world. He wants you to remember the great things He has done for you - how He moved the heavens and earth for you. He wants to lead you to a place where there is no where to go and there He will tell you the things He wanted to say to you. His promises - they're still real. He'll fulfill it after all the failures and mistakes that you've done. He wants to love you and be with Him forever. He wants to clothe you with His love, His righteousness, with His righteousness and even faithfulness.
His love. It's so deep.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
