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Enjoy Life, Enjoy God


Dale Patterson

INVITATION

September 1, 2011

For all the drama of the message of Hosea, and its harshness, Hosea ends with invitation, words of love, mercy and grace.

"Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously..."
                                                  --Hosea 14:1,2 TNIV


Hosea hangs in there with his unfaithful wife, and continues to invite her to turn again back to him in faithfulness. And God hangs in there with Israel, again and again inviting them to repent and turn back to him in faithfulness.

And God hangs in there with you and me as well. Discipline sometimes is meted out, but unto repentance, unto new life. But the word of grace, the word of a fresh start, the word of forgiveness is ever-present. It's God's invitation to you and me.

Joyfully,

Dale Patterson