Love Letter

The Jews read what we call the Old Testament and view it as a love letter from God. Upon reading these verses I'm starting to see why:

“And I will betroth you to me forever;
yes, betroth you to me in righteousness and justice,
in hesed, and in tender compassion;
Yes, betroth you to me in faithfulness;
And you shall know Yahweh.”
(Hosea 2:19-20; Heb vss. 21-22)

“For it is hesed that pleases me, and not sacrifice;
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”
Hosea 6:6

It seems so human. It seems like what we experience, or want to experience, every day. We want to be known and understood by someone, we want unconditional loyalty and trust, we want intimacy with another human being. God wants that with us as a community and it gives him the face of so many people I've known in the past and makes him so more closer to real in my eyes. What other men have demonstrated with feeling in the past is what I see God demonstrating and it moves me to want to respond.

11/28/11