Hosea 2

He has my heart on a string...I married Him...unraveled I ran away...adorning myself to seduce a hungry world...I tempt and tease...driven by my own glory...and then I feel His tug...the more I resist the tighter the pull - the more the pain...so I give in a bit letting Him have a little more of me enough to satisfy Him for the time being and when He seems unaware I will run again...Back to my lovers who I want...but that pull - that hold He has on me won't allow me to get that far...GOD LET ME GO!..I resist to the point that it hurts so bad...I feel like this string will never snap, but cause me to break and bleed within...He loves me too much He builds a wall He traps me in with a hedge of thorns...GOD LET ME GO!..He pulled me in and stripped me of everything I had MY grain, MY wine, MY wool, MY linen - now I am naked...He won't let anyone else have me...doesn't He get it I don't want Him...I will not stop fighting to get away...even if His love is a stronghold on me...I will FORGET Him - I want to forget Him. I married her despite her desire for other lovers...I am drawn to her...I will allure her from the wilderness she wanders I will draw her into comfort and provide for her...I will clothe her and fill her glass until it overflows...I will sit her at my banquet table and the banner over her will be love...I will give her her own vineyard to prosper and grow in - a place she can sing, dance, and remember the times of her youth...and I will be her Husband and I will make her my wife...I will establish a sacred covenant with her...I will betroth her to Me FOREVER yes I will betroth her to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness, and mercy...I will betroth her to me in faithfulness...I WILL NEVER STOP PERSUING HER! She is My beloved and I am her Husband.