Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is a story based on the book of Hosea in the Bible. A beautiful love story of a lifelong prostitute who marries a Godly man that loves her in spite of it all. Many times she runs back to her life as a hooker, she has children with other men, the whole works, and every time he brings her back and gives her all the love and grace she doesn't deserve. When I read this book sometimes I get so upset at her. "Why can't you just stay and let him love you?", "Why would you run away from this amazing life he is offering you?". then I remember that this story is about me and God. That all my life I have sold my soul a thousand times to the devil for moments of pleasure and other things. All the while I have this God who has promised me a life out of all of this shame and filth and I am constantly running back to my old life. I am a person who thinks being dishonest and cheating on someone is the worst sin.(FYI there is no such thing as "the worst sin" to God sin is sin...But I'm not God I'm just me and me still has a hard time not rating them lol) So when I look at my life and realize that every time I choose sin over God, I am cheating on my love I start to see a different picture. When I think of all this I really start to feel humble. Our God is flawless yet he still wants me. He is offering this life of beauty, grace, and peace, When I am the grossest of the gross. So whats the problem? The problem is He is asking us to trust him and love Him with all of our heart, mind, and soul. (That probably wouldn't be such a problem if we didn't live in a world where you have to have a background check and psych evaluation before you can adopt a puppy!) The other problem is we start to understand how disgusting we are. I mean put me, on my best day, up next to God and I'm not even chopped liver. The shame and knowledge of how undeserving we are scares us off. It is pretty hard to comprehend that someone so awesome could want us. But he does! He knew what we were, are, and will be and God still offers this life to us...soooo I'm taking Him up on this offer...Are you?
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