12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north:
“‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry forever.
No big take for me today, in fact had to read it multiple times to get anything for some reason. I was just thinking how lucky we are that God is so forgiving. I can understand as children of God how He as our Father can forgive even the worst sins against him--I can imagine my tolerance would be high for that as well. But the though of forgiving my wife if she had done as described in this chapter?? I don't think I could, I'd be moving along. Be he describes Israel in that manner and ultimately is willing to forgive--which is crazy to me but I am glad. I'm thankful for his ability to forgive if I am willing to genuinely acknowledge my failures against him.
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What strikes me in this chapter is how there is a direct parallel drawn between what is considered to be the biggest transgression of a person in a marriage commitment, to what the Israelites have done to God....and so we do today. It puts my daily decision to walk my own path in a different light. Makes it feel much uglier to me. You know that feeling when you find out that one of your friends has been cheating on his wife? I've been there a couple of times. I kinda makes me feel sick, like I'm gonna throw up. That's probably how God feels when we choose our own path.
ReplyDeleteSerious! Why would I want to put him through that.
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