Come Back to the Wilderness | Hosea 2:13-15
So I will visit the days of the Baals upon her When she used to offer offerings in smoke to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry And go after her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares Yahweh. “Therefore, behold, I will allure her And bring her into the wilderness And speak to her heart. Then I will give her her vineyards from there And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt." The wrath of Love falls like a thunderbolt from Heaven, scorching the dirt and riding the invisible currents into the tree trunks of our legs. Now I know where a lover's sob comes from - Someone had to invent the longing first. You are seeing the one you love through a glass window, walking with another that you do not recognize. (You would've never worn that when I loved you. You were content with the beauty I gave you. You needed no pageantry.) She turns to look at him - s...
