Hosea 2:16-23

 SCRIPTURE

Hosea 2:14-23

COMMENT

Ever had a relationship that was strained? That is what I think about when I read verse 16. We had a strained relationship with God, even calling him, "My Baal." That would be like calling your spouse by another name, and doing it constantly. But God reaches in and removes the names of the Baals, and our memory of them. That is the beginning of the restoration of the relationship. God restores the relationship. He creates safety. He protects. God does the healing.

Jezreel. God sows. God is the initiator. God is the provider. God is the protector. I am His people. He is my God. God restores the relationship, I respond.