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I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love. – Hosea 11:4


A young Christian dad took his parenting role seriously. When his son was an infant, he protected him. As the boy grew, his dad played ball with him, encouraged him, and tried to teach him about God and life. But in his teen years, the boy went too far and too fast in his move toward independence.


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The bumper sticker on the blue van caught my attention:

Choose To Feel
As I considered those words, I noticed the billboards I was passing. They urged  me to choose things that would keep me from feeling – alcohol  to deaden emotional pain; fat-laden food to alleviate  feelings of emptiness; luxury cars and other expensive  items to lessen feelings of worthlessness.


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Ephraim is a cake unturned … But they do not return to the Lord their God. – Hosea 7:8,10


The prophet Hosea used the tribe of Ephraim as a poetic representation of the northern kingdom of Israel. In a colorful admonition, he wrote that Ephraim had become "a cake unturned" (Hosea 7:8).


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                    [Summary] => I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. – Hosea 14:4


I’ll never forget the painful lesson I learned in early childhood about disobedience. My father, who had been mowing our lawn, interrupted his work to go shopping. He left the push mower standing near some flowers and ordered me not to touch it while he was gone. But I disobeyed him and gave it a push. To my shock, the mower veered and knocked over several flowers.


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The experience of a heartbroken Christian woman (I’ll call her Mary) illustrates how love makes the lover vulnerable. Mary was a devoted wife who deeply loved her husband, but after eight years and two children he left her for another woman. Her faith in God and her love for her children kept her going.


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                    [Summary] => Teach me, Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. – Psalm 86:11


The Israelites of Hosea’s day were trying to worship both pagan idols and the one true and living God. So the prophet Hosea used three colorful figures of speech to describe their divided hearts.


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As a new gardener, I soon learned that uncultivated soil was resistant to seed planting and growth. But when I planted good seeds in well-prepared soil, heaven’s sun and rain did their part until the harvest came. Well-prepared soil, the right seeds, and God’s blessing are essential for fruitfulness, not only in gardening but also in Christian living.


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Dewdrops

April 11, 2012 - 12:00am

It was a summer morning, and the first rays of sun were falling across my garden.

Daily Bread

Come back

September 29, 2011 - 12:00am

The people of Israel had backslidden, and God wanted Hosea to show them how much that hurt Him.

Daily Bread

God's love story

October 21, 2009 - 12:00am

How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? . . . My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.      — Hosea 11:8

Daily Bread

Our Father’s love

November 12, 2006 - 12:00am

I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love. – Hosea 11:4 A young Christian dad took his parenting role seriously. When his son was an infant, he protected him. As the boy grew, his dad played ball...

Daily Bread

Choose to feel

January 12, 2006 - 12:00am

My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. – Hosea 11:8 The bumper sticker on the blue van caught my attention: Choose To Feel As I considered those words, I noticed the billboards I was passing....

Daily Bread

Half-baked Christians

August 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Ephraim is a cake unturned … But they do not return to the Lord their God. – Hosea 7:8,10 The prophet Hosea used the tribe of Ephraim as a poetic representation of the northern kingdom of Israel. In a...

Daily Bread

God forgives disobedience

July 24, 2005 - 12:00am

I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. – Hosea 14:4 I’ll never forget the painful lesson I learned in early childhood about disobedience. My father, who had been mowing our lawn, interrupted...

Daily Bread

Love is vulnerable

July 2, 2005 - 12:00am

How can I give you up, Ephraim? . . . My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. – Hosea 11:8 The experience of a heartbroken Christian woman (I’ll call her Mary) illustrates how love makes the...

Daily Bread

The divided heart

August 23, 2004 - 12:00am

Teach me, Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. – Psalm 86:11 The Israelites of Hosea’s day were trying to worship both pagan idols and the one true and living...

Daily Bread

Planting good seeds

May 13, 2004 - 12:00am

Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD. – Hosea 10:12 As a new gardener, I soon learned that uncultivated soil was resistant to seed planting and growth. But when I planted good seeds...

Daily Bread