11.21.10 Devotion
Do you remember your first love? The first time you were in elementary school and saw that cute girl/boy and immediately fell head over heels for them? Everything seemed so perfect and to fall so neatly in line. Ever wish to go back to those moments when it seems that this ‘love’ has faded or led to heartbreak?
God wishes this too.
“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…Never again will you address me, ‘My slave-master’. I’ll wash your mouth out with soap, get rid of all the dirty false-god names…at the same time I’ll make a treaty with you…And then I’ll marry you for good-forever! I’ll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness. Yes, I’ll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go. You’ll know me, God, for who I really am.
-Hosea 2:14-20
Feel spiritually tired? Want a refreshing of God’s love and intimacy in your life?
God wishes this too.
