The Minor Prophets: Hosea

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When I was reading through Hosea, I was honestly astounded with God's attitude towards His people. It's simply heartbreaking. Because what I forget is how heinous my sin is to God. I forget how much it hurts Jesus when I sin, when I sin as a representative of Jesus Christ in the world it is just devastating to God. But He still loves us and wants us to come home to Him. I wrote a song based on Hosea 11:6-11. Read that first, and then check out the song which is written in God's perspective. Here are the lyrics:

You are crushed
By your own plans
You are determined to desert me.

Yet you call out
"Praise the great I Am!"
But you don't truly honor me.

And I will roar
And you will soar like a flock of birds
Trembling like doves, to fly home again

THE STITCHES OF MY HEART ARE TORN
I'LL SPILL OUT MY LOVE
AND I'LL LIVE AND BREATHE AND BE WITH YOU
AND BRING YOU HOME AGAIN

I will not
hurt you more than you've already
hurt yourself

I'll call you out
Not for who you are, because of who I am
so you can truly know me

And I will roar
And you will soar like a flock of birds
Trembling like doves. I'll bring you home again!


THE STITCHES OF MY HEART ARE TORN
I'LL SPILL OUT MY LOVE
AND I'LL LIVE AND BREATHE AND BE WITH YOU
AND BRING YOU HOME AGAIN


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