Do you remember a time when, as a young child - or maybe as a teenager - you saw someone and thought I'd love to get to know that person? Have you ever had the experience of wanting to get close to someone, to spend time with them ... only to discover that the person in question had no interest at all in getting to know you? Perhaps you have even known a time when repeated attempts were necessary before a person of interest finally gave in and gave you a chance to learn something more about him or her. These initial moments in a relationship are always tricky and require a dance of diplomacy that is not always easy to navigate.
Today's words from the prophet Hosea remind us that our God has been doing the dance of diplomacy around us for quite some time now. He has been trying to get close to us, to open his heart to us so that he can spend time with us. The question is, are we willing to give him a chance?
Having experienced God's friendship for himself, Hosea still calls out to us: Come, let us return to the Lord ... he will heal us ... he will bind up our wounds (Hos 6:1). Have we been ignoring God's dance of diplomacy? Luckily for us, He is persistent and won't give up until we give in and give Him a chance to show us his love, and once we have experienced His love for us, we will quickly discover that we ourselves have fallen in love with Him.
Have a great day.
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