Happy Valentines with Hosea!

it's valentines day...not such a big thing in germany, but i read something this morning and it feels like a valentines card from God...
i wanna share this with you:

"Then the Lord said to me: Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is comitting adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans." Hosea 3,1

No human can comprehend God's love for his children! Our limited experience of human love hinders us from understanding God's unconditional love for us. We can see a picture of this love in the life of Hosea.
Hosea was a righteous man, but God told him to marry a sinful woman. Hosea obeyed and took Gomer as his wife. He cherished and treated her with dignity and respect. Never before had Gomer experienced this kind of love, but she soon grew dissatisfied. She began giving her affections to other men and finally she abandoned Hosea altogether. Other men used her until she had nothing left to give. Then they sold her into slavery. After this God gave Hosea an amazing command: "Go and buy her back." Despite the intense pain that Gomer had inflicted on him, God told Hosea to forgive her and pay any price to bring her back into his home.
God's message is clear: When we reject him and turn our devotion elsewhere, our rejection carries the same pain as an adulterous betrayal. After all God has done for us, it is incomprehensible that we should reject him. It is even harder to fathom that God could love us even after we have rejected, ignored and disobeyed him. Yet God's love is completely different from ours. His love follows us into the depths of our sinfulness until He reclaimed us. His love is undaunted when we run from him, and he continues to pursue us..." (H.Blackaby)

wow, that really touched me this morning...i forget so easily how passionate and strong the love of God is....and it makes me happy! it makes me wanna forget about my personal raisin cakes and come back to him once more...