Reflecting on Hosea 3:1.
“The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”" -Hosea 3:1
God calls Hosea to do the difficult thing. He tells him to go and love his wife who is an adulteress. My stomach churns thinking about this unthinkable concept at the God level. Hosea is told to compassionately pursue the one who ripped his heart out and stamped on it. Likewise, God has chosen this painful path for Himself. Faithfully pursue the unfaithful. Hosea must act out the story that God has been wrapped in for centuries.
A final thought on a macro scale. It still floors me what is done here. God chooses a filthy sinful bride. He could have chosen to leave us in the dark enslaved by own vices until death came for each of us. I’m still perplexed as to why. Why come after humanity? Why not let us doom ourselves by our sinful freewill choices? Why all the way to the position of co-heirs with His Son? If restoration, then why not only partially relegating us to slavery? Why such a kind response to our horrific action? Not slavery, not servant hood, but a cleansed bride!?! The King sent us Son to come for His bride! How strange! How otherworldly! How great is our God! How unfathomable are His ways!
