And the problem is, that's where most women stop, and so a secondary telling of God's love is all they know. It serves its purpose, but it is not the real thing. I went to youth group and I grew up in a Christian home but I had not yet truly come to know God for myself.Ī decade later, I look back and see that no matter how good the book is at illustrating God's love, it is a manmade recreation - a secondary source - trying to capture something that requires a firsthand encounter with a God that can't be put into words. In fact, I rarely read the Bible on my own. I had not yet read the Bible in full even once. I recommended the book a lot in those days.īut at that point, I was also a young Christian. Like most women, I had not read or even known the story of Hosea in the Bible until I read the book, and I was blown away by God's love for His people that was told through this story. I first read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers in high school or early college, and I loved it.
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