Hosea
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Giving Up The Lead
Hosea 14:9 “Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” As a cyclist, I am always in awe watching the pros because they can do the same thing I am doing…
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It Was Me All Along
Hosea 11:3 “…but they did not realize it was I who healed them.” I love the relative side of history. Everyone has an angle from which they see history. Sure, the main parts, like who was president and certain dates, are what we are taught, but some parts are missed. Take Johnny Appleseed, better known…
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Hidden Burrs, Painful Harvest
Hosea 10:12 (AMP) “Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.Break up your uncultivated ground,For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.” …
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Reaping the Whirlwind
Hosea 8:7 “They will sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.” Back in the country where I grew up, we had about 3 or 4 acres of grass to plant. Naturally, the pasture did not give us lush Bermuda grass, so we had to plant it. I cannot tell you where we got the seed…
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After the Damage is Done
Hosea 7:6 “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings.” You know you screwed up. Wrecked the place and tore out the hearts of the people you care about. Selfishly, you went all the way and did not hold back. You were not going to stop until everyone heard…
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From Stubborn to Surrendered
Hosea 4:16 “The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?” You look at life differently as a parent. Before you had kids, you were the person who would wish that mom would quiet her kids or get frustrated when a family was taking too…
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Return to the Main Road
Hosea 2:5-7 “She said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.7 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will…
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Failing Forward, Falling Away
Hosea 1:2 “When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry, and have children of harlotry, for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the Lord.” When I was a kid, I did some dumb stuff, like the time I told my brother to stick…
Let It Go 