January 14th 2007 Fed On Lies About Love - Part #2

WARNING:

fed on lies about love is a series that deals with mature subject matter. for three weeks we will deal with stark openness about the biblical prophet Hosea and the story of his marriage to the prostitute Gomer. parental discretion is advised.

We live in a world awash in love stories. Most of them are lies. They are not love stories at all – they are lust stories, sex fantasy stories, domination stories. From the cradle we are fed on lies about love.

When our minds and imaginations are crippled with lies about love, we have a hard time understanding “love” as a fundamental ingredient of daily living. We require true stories of love if we are to live truly.

Hosea was the prophet of love, but not as we imagine or fantasize it. He was a parable of God’s love for his people lived out as God revealed and enacted it.

God goes after us at our worst, keeps after us until he gets us, and makes lovers of men and women who know nothing of real love. Once we absorb this story and the words that flow from it, we will know God far more accurately.