I am a whore

Isn't it strange how much modern day Christians, myself included, look so much like Gomer, the bride of Hosea. We never fully seem to understand the love of our Husband(Christ), and yet while we continue to live our lives of extravagance and destitution He continues to pursue us relentlessly.

I think too often we simply put on our wedding dress when it is convenient for us to be married to Him, and when we are done with that season we simply remove all that resembles His sacrifice for us and walk away much like the Prodigal son. Thankfully this doesn't end His pursuit, He sends other members of our bridal party to allure us and witness to us the majesty of our husband. And finally when all else has failed he lures us into the desert place where there is nothing left for us to run to or cling to, and there we finally understand that we must no longer call him Our Baal, but rather, Our Master, our Husband.

What a thought, that while we live our lives as whores and harlets, he pursues us as pure vessels for marriage. Thank God for this relentless pursuit!!!