WILL GAIN HOPE..

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Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert (the wilderness is not a place of punishment but a place of privacy) and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor (means trouble) A DOOR OF HOPE (God redeems situations). There she will sing (respond) as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. In that day, declares the Lord, you will call me my husband; you will no longer call me my master.

What does this sayGod is leading me into the desert, a solitary place, a place I dont understandand in this strange place He is going to speak to me, in this hard place I will hear Him, He will be near to me and provide for me, this will be a place of privacy for Him and mebut He says this place of trouble will be redeemed and become a place where I begin to have new hope. It is in this desert wilderness. I WILL GAIN HOPE.. This does not compute. I should have blessings in easy situations, where the goodness and honey flows...but not here. There are times God leads us into the wilderness to speak tenderly to us. Then, after we have heard His voice in this place, He begins to restore and redeem our lives, and we sing, have joy, and respond to the Lords voice as when we first knew Him. Have you ever experienced this first loves joy after coming though to the other side of something hard? What do we take out of it? The Lord says it is here that you begin to call me my husband and no longer call me my master. Hes our husband, our covering, our provider, our healer, our protector, our lover.


Ah, my friends, be blessed today for the One who understands all things is walking with you

Written by Kathy Bireley