A lesson from Hosea

Hosea 2:13-16 (New International Version)

¹³ I will punish her for the days
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,"
declares the LORD.

¹⁴ "Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her.

¹⁵ There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor ^a]">[a] a door of hope.
There she will sing ^b]">[b] as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

¹⁶ "In that day," declares the LORD,
"you will call me 'my husband';

you will no longer call me 'my master. ^c]">[c] '

WOW....So i was reading this and it was so exciting to think about..the Lord does punish us when we are stupid..he punishes us because he loves us..BUT GUESS WHAT..right after he punishes us...he brings us out and he shows us his love. he shows us what we've done and what he did..and how he loves us..the depth of that love and the greatness of it!! *sigh* it's so wonderful that we have a God who wants us. Who loves us enough to take us out show us the wrong and help us fix it, then reward us and love on us more....W-O-W
GREAT ARE YOU LORD AND WORTHY OF PRAISE.....
Lord thank you so much for all you've done for me. Lord thank you for showing me your love, and especially your grace and mercy when I do stupid things Lord. You are my all in all, you are the only thing Lord that keeps me going and i am so thankful for that. Lord im thankful that you have put in my life the people that I love. Lord the people that maybe i dont love as much as i should. Help me with that Lord..help me realize why you put these people in my lives, and help me love them just as much as you do. God you are SO GOOD
Amen