Where does a sinner begin to talk about the love of God that's been bestowed on her? How does one put into words the realization that Christ has covered His child with His own righteousness?
Hosea was told by God to take to wife a woman who was a whore, a well-known whore. A woman who was unloved, unappreciated, used, empty. And Hosea obeyed. Taking her and showing her a love that she'd never known. A love that filled the emptiness in her heart.
What a beautiful picture of the love that God shows me. I, who sought after things of this world, whoring after things that would not give me peace, never really knowing love until He gave it to me. He filled that empty place in my heart that only His love could have filled. He showed me mercy when I should have had death. He gave grace when I deserved wrath. He gives me faith so that I can stand strong against the foe of this world who would remind me of who I was.
How can I express in words this wondrous love? How can I explain to another this love of God?
"What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul."
Not my deserving.
3 weeks ago
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Beautiful. Just to put it bluntly, and not to sound crass, but I'm so thankful Jesus' blood covers whores. Because that is what we all amount to, whether spiritually, physically, or both, without Him changing us to make us pure.
I know. It just really hit me this morning and I am just overwhelmed by it all.
Interesting how last Sunday we sang that hymn and this Sunday the theme of our spiritual whoredome came up, all in the light of so much grace. What will it take for us to fully realize how safe we are in His love, how deeply loved and how real this is?
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