Hungry for love

Hosea 3
1THE LORD SAID TO ME, “GO, SHOW YOUR LOVE TO YOUR WIFE AGAIN, THOUGH SHE IS LOVED BY ANOTHER MAN AND IS AN ADULTERESS. LOVE HER AS THE Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. 3Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.” 4For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. 5AFTERWARD THE ISRAELITES WILL RETURN AND SEEK THE LORD THEIR GOD AND DAVID THEIR KING. THEY WILL COME TREMBLING TO THE Lord and to his blessings in the last days.

Hungry for love! Homer, Hosea's adultress wife, was looking for love. She had it already with Hosea, but she ignored that and went looking everywhere else.

This is, according to Hosea, just like the Israelites. They had been rescued from Egypt miraculously, sustained in the wilderness for 40 years, and then given land already developed by other people. All from God. All a free gift.

What did the Israelites do? They took it all for granted and went looking for more love, more power, more money. You're thinking...that was pretty stupid! Right?

Yet, everyday, I do the same thing. I have God's love already. I should be happy. I should choose to be happy. Am I? No! I worry about a difficult relationship...I shouldn't because God is already working on a plan...It will all work out. I worry about relationships at work. Should I? No! Again, I forgot that God has a plan for me, for everyone, for everything.  So, daily, what should I worry about...what should be my goal? Pleasing God should be my goal!

Father forgive me for focusing on things other than you. Please help me to remember your love every second of every hour of every day. Please help me to treat others with your never ending, unjustified love and grace. In Jesus name I pray! Amen.