“And now, here’s what I’m going to do:
I’m going to start all over again.
I’m taking her back out into the wilderness
where we had our first date, and I’ll court her.
I’ll give her bouquets of roses.
I’ll turn Heartbreak Valley into Acres of Hope.
She’ll respond like she did as a young girl,
those days when she was fresh out of Egypt.
At that time”—this is God’s Message still—
“you’ll address me, ‘Dear husband!’
Never again will you address me,
‘My slave-master!’
I’ll wash your mouth out with soap,
get rid of all the dirty false-god names,
not so much as a whisper of those names again.
At the same time I’ll make a peace treaty between you
and wild animals and birds and reptiles,
And get rid of all weapons of war.
Think of it! Safe from beasts and bullies!
And then I’ll marry you for good—forever!
I’ll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness.
Yes, I’ll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go.
You’ll know me, God, for who I really am.” (Hosea 2:14-20)

abcjen:

The kind of passionate, unyielding dedication is a picture of what it means to build our lives around intimacy with Christ in the inner sanctuary of our hearts. Don’t settle for hearing about intimacy with Him, singing about intimacy with Him, or reading about intimacy with Him; but really discover true intimacy with Him by building your entire life around Him. A life built around Christ is the essence of what it means to be His lily-white princess. 

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