Hidden Hosea: God, Infidelity, Restoration

God changed the meaning of Hosea's children's names to herald hope, healing, wholeness & restoration: 1) The grief of betrayal became an opportunity for Hosea’s faith to growth. 2) In the person of the Holy Spirit, God would restore Hosea and this broken world with His Love. 3) God gave Hosea and His People New Life as Children of the Living God.

The Bible does not tell us whether Hosea and Gomer's marriage was ultimately restored.  Yet Hosea teaches us about: 1) Love that does not last forever. 2) Dangers of love that lasts forever. 3) Joy of love that lasts forever. 

Hosea shows us the Courage of love when the prophet forgave and loved his unfaithful wife Gomer. The prophet shows us: 1) it takes Courage to receive love 2) the Courage to give love 3) Where Hosea got his Courage

Discovering your spouse has had an affair is isolating.  Hosea shows us, that we are never alone: 1) One of the Bible's heroes, Hosea, intimately knew the agony of betrayal. 2) God Himself has suffered infidelity and identifies with the broken hearted. 3) God is our shepherd & though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we are never alone. 

If your husband or wife has been unfaithful to you, the Bible's Hidden Prophet of Love wants you to know God cares about you.  Hosea is a prophet who marries a woman Gomer who is unfaithful to him.  We learn three things from the book of Hosea: 1)  God is not indifferent to infidelity 2)  there are two love stories in Hosea's prophecy 3)  God is the true lover of our souls