Tuesday,
May 29, 2012 (5:45 a.m.)
Blessed God,
Sixty-four years
ago, a very young man (19) and an even younger woman (18) drove several hours
and over two hundred miles with his brother and her best friend to join their
lives in marriage. It wasn’t a perfect relationship, but as a daughter of the
union I’m glad for the many things they taught us through their 45 years
together.
Father God, Your
Word has much to say about the subject of marriage. Talk to me about what You
would have me take away from here today.
I’m smiling as I
ask, “Really God?” Here You have me reading again in Hosea. Truly a less than
perfect relationship. One that You used to teach many things. How good are You!
Reading the
“Reflections On Hosea” at the back of the book, the insights are about Your compassion and the importance of
having a relationship with You. May I say a deep and profound, “Amen!”
The PURPOSE under THE
BOTTOM LINE says, “To reveal God’s
unending love for His sinful people and God’s desire to restore their
relationship with Him.” The KEY VERSE: “Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will reap a crop of my love; plow the hard ground of your hearts, for
now is the time to seek the Lord, that He may come and shower salvation upon
you” (10:12).”
Under RECOVERY
THEMES are The Power of Committed Love, Tough Love Leads to Recovery, God is Merciful and Never “Too Far Gone” for
God. These are such important
truths to explore. There are examples of punishment and restoration. Your
faithfulness. Our choices. Commitment. Persistence. Reconciliation. Discipline.
Doom. Love. Forgiveness. Grace. And blessing to follow.
As I read a
description of chapter 13, verses 4-16 stating that Your people “rebelled
against the only One who can redeem” a song from the other day jumped to the
forefront of all other thoughts. Leave it to me to again associate You and Your
Word to a Broadway show. This time? Starlight Express.
I looked at the
words earlier last week. Doing a Wikipedia search of them just now has me
stretching them straight into fitting Hosea and Gomer’s tentative relationship.
The young steam locomotive, Rusty, truly loved the observation car Pearl. She
on the other hand was ‘a silly girl whose head is turned by each attractive
male that passes her.’
Reading more I
discover “Rusty’s journey through the story of Starlight Express shows him, in
his darkest hour, calling to the Starlight Express for help. The Starlight
Express answers telling him ‘Only you have the power within you…’. Rusty gains
belief in himself, and goes on to race in the final.”
I told You it’s a
stretch. But there’s so much more here than originally met my eye. As I was
singing this very song to YOU just days ago I stood firm in the truth that ♫Only
YOU have the power to move me♫
As I read more of Your Word and this story I can sing it even more certainly.
♫There was I
wondering why Every day’s a peer into the distance Now with You the LIGHT is
shining through You gave my life not just existence Only YOU have the power to
move me… If only You use the power to move me Take me hold me mold me Change me
and improve me We can make it happen You and I♫
Marriage is hard.
Relationships take work. But You alone art God, and YOU have the power to move
us where we never thought we’d want to go. Use Your power in each of us Dearest
Father. Make us exactly who You want us to be.
Thank You for the
love of that 19 year old boy for that 18 year old girl. Thank You for the love,
flawed as it may have been, that has resulted in three generations of us
wanting to get to know and experience the love ♫only YOU♫ have for each of us. Thank
You Father. I truly love You. Amen.
(679 words ~ 8:09 a.m.)
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