May 31, 2020, Hosea 11 & 12 – Post 3 – ISSL Reflections

You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+11%2C+12&version=NRSV

VII.
So what have you noticed after spending time with this passage from Hosea?

Read through the passage again and if you made some notes regarding the four things I encouraged you to pay attention for, read over those.

From your readings of the passage what do you think God spent most effort with?

Maybe another way of asking that is, what outcome for the people did God desire and how did he seek to bring about that outcome?

VIII.
How did the people spend most of their time and effort?

Were they responding to God’s actions or was there something else motivating them?

Did you see any way or ways the people mentioned in the passage intentionally sought out God? If so, how?

IX.
What do you see as God’s overarching intention for the people?

Between you and me, it seems Hosea describes God as again and again seeking the people despite people’s failure to see God moving toward them.

Does that ring true for you?

Do you find God that way in your experience?

I fear that while some experience God that way, others do not. I wonder what might be our role in this drama? How do we cooperate with God’s movement in love toward people?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}


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