So I just finished a book called "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. An amazing book! I would say that it is probably my new favorite. She came up with the idea of the book from the Book of the Bible Hosea.
Hosea is about a prophet that God tells to marry a prostitute and how he always has to go back and get her and bring her home because she always leaves him to go back to her old ways. God uses Hosea's life as an example the the Israelite people and how He is always bringing them back to Him even though they continually go back to their old ways of life. (which is also us today)
Such a powerful story. Through reading this book by Francine Rivers it has been brought to a new light. I finished it and just felt in awe... For the first time I felt the awe struck wonder in Christ. I wondered why God always comes back for us. Are we really worth that love? As a human in this life I say no, we aren't worth it. God should just forget about us. Stop giving us second Chances! That is when you are thankful I am not God, and where I am extremely thankful I am not God.
I realized how undeserving I am of God's love. I live my life thinking I am almost perfect. That I follow the rules and I do as I am told. But in reality, I am so screwed up and messed up and do things everyday that I am not proud of. I leave God to go back to my old ways, but he is always pursuing me and coming back and bringing me back to him. I don't deserve it. But I am truly thankful.
God is a God of redeeming love. He loves us, even when we really don't deserve it, but in God's eye's we are so deserving. I am so thankful that He is my redeemer and that I don't have to rely on anyone in this world to be my redeemer. I only have to rely on God.
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