Hosea

Hosea reconciles with his wife, Gomer. This might sound like a very normal thing in the world, but the crazy thing is, Gomer was a prostitute, and his story made it into the cannon of Scriptures. This is quite remarkable to me. God looked on this couple, and he even tells Hosea, 3:1, "Go show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adultress."

God is definitely a God of 2nd chances. He doesn't look on the outward, he looks on the inward heart. He sees our rebellion. He sees our sin, but he also sees the potential. God works in mysterious ways. Would I have put this story in the Bible? Probably not, however, in his infinite wisdom, we see that God is a God of forgiveness, of reconciliation and simply put, nothing we have done will preclude us from his love. I rejoice over this aspect of my God.