Barmaids giggled and merchants snickered as wedding bells rang across the valley. "Hey, did you hear the latest? Gomer got married—she got herself a preacher!"
How humiliating it must have been. Everywhere they went on their honeymoon, she saw familiar faces. Insulting insinuations were uttered in smothered tones.
Hosea must have bit his tongue until it bled. His marriage was an act of love . . . but to the public it was a joke. Before God, he stood justified and obedient. Before man, undiscerning and idiotic.
He must have replayed his memory hundreds of times, remembering God's directive:
"Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry." (Hosea 1:2)
To be continued > > > >Hope you are enjoying the story and discovering the Father's love for us . . .God bless You.
More Reading & Referencing: Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © 1983, 1994, 2007 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. www.zondervan.com. Read the entire book of Hosea.
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