Blue Eyes And Pearls: The Hosea Love Story

Those of us who went to Sunday School, sat in church during the series about the Old Testament or took Bible classes have all heard the story of Hosea...at least on a surface level. We know that he married an unfaithful woman named Gomer, and that his relationship with her is supposed to be a representation of God's relationship with us. If you didn't know about Hosea, then I just gave you the entire premise of his story. For me, it's always been one of those stories where I think "Yeah, yeah yeah, we're unfaithful. I get it." But it wasn't until I saw this short video series entitled, The Hosea Love Story, that I actually realized what it all means. What it all represents.
"In this modern day telling of the book of Hosea, Hosea has entered into a covenant with Gomer just as God has entered into a covenant with His people. We have not merely broken God's law; we've broken God's heart. We have grieved him. But despite all our spiritual adultery, we cannot exhaust the love of God. We deserve to be shown No Mercy and called "Not My People" but because Jesus was shown no mercy and was forsaken by the Father, we can rest secure in God's love for us. There is nothing in us that can evoke the love of God, and there is nothing in us that can exhaust the love of God."
I guess the entire time I heard Hosea's story, I just knew that we were unfaithful...it didn't even cross my mind that God's heart was broken. Please watch these short videos and let them change the way you viewed the story of Hosea and Gomer.