Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers
What a wonderful read! It is a semi-modern take on the story of Hosea and Gomer. While some may say once a prostitute always a prostitute, Michael pursues "Angel" with a relentless love. He pursues again and again and by God's grace points his beloved to the one who is the Author of love. What a great analogy of God's relentless and passionate love for us. How often we turn back to our sin not believing things can be different. How often we run from the One who offers us grace. True freedom is found when we surrender to the love that engulfs our soul and let Him define who we are.
It also seemed very relevant to me in terms of the subject matter. Today prostitution forced and by choice is prominent and it is worth noting that what people do is not who they are. They are just as worthy of God's love as we are, which is not at all. He extends his grace and mercy to all who would come to him. How relentless our pursuit should be to bring these "children" out of what they know and show them what true love looks like. I hurt for them. I hurt for the children forced into these awful situations, losing their innocence to satisfy the evil desires of mankind. Hardened by the hopeless situations they find themselves in, locking away their emotions to survive. Who will show them God's love?
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