True Love.

I have been thinking about the man, Hosea. God asked him to marry a prostitute who would repeatedly cheat on him. I wonder what his dreams had been growing up? Had he made a list in his heart of the qualities he hoped for in a wife and prayed to God concerning her? Perhaps he had even prayed FOR her before he met her and dreamed about the happy life they would live hand in hand. Oh the places they would go! The memories they would make! And he had waited for her. He had been faithful, pure, and true. Could he ever have imagined that God would write his love story like this?

I will meet Hosea one day. there is one thing I am sure of. He will say it was worth it. To give up all his childhood hopes, dreams and love stories for the sake of the call. For sake of displaying Your message of love to the Isrealites. For the sake of gaining a deeper understanding of Your faithful, loyal, love- it was worth it. For the sake of knowing YOU God- it was overwhelmingly worth it. I don't know how his story in this life ended. But I know that even to this day, books and songs are being written of the mighty love and faithfulness of God because of the obedience of this man. His obedience is still bearing fruit in the lives of Christ followers whenever they read his story. I know he trusted in His God, and was surely not disappointed.

Philippians 3:7-11