Tag: faith
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Like Pus (Hosea Part 6)
She won’t even meet her own eyes. She is a vain woman, after all. Her success as a seductress was largely dependent on her beauty. And now this? How shaming! The boils are desperately painful to the touch. They make it hard to move, hard to eat, hard to sleep. They are a constant drain…
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Reliable as Sunrise, Soothing as the Rain (Hosea Part 5)
That’s what it feels like when Hosea turns up, she muses. He is like the spring rain, pattering down on the dry, winter soil, making the trees shiver in anticipation. There’s something special about his presence. He’s not mean or bitter or angry. He is constant and gentle. He’s soothing. He cools her heat. When…
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Clean in, Dirty Out (Hosea Part 4)
It means that when a broken and hurting person is treated nicely, when someone “speaks into their heart,” all sorts of rubbish and detritis comes out.
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Speak To Her Heart (Hosea Part 3)
“Speak to her heart, Hosea,” God says. And Hosea pulls a face. “Her heart? What the hell are you talking about?”
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The Lonely Fool (Hosea Part 2)
Two things are crystal clear. First, Hosea is hurt and angry because his wife is creeping on him. Second, he is NOT going to give up on her.
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Why “Hosea”? (Hosea Part 1)
I imagine that Hosea went to one such club, as horny as any other young man in his early twenties. God spoke in his ear. “Alright, buddy. We’re here to get you a wife.”
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