Lord, write this story

i've been drawn to the book of hosea this summer. maybe because it's short & i feel accomplished when i read it. maybe it's because a wedding is about to occur in my family thus i'm drawn to stories of love & redemption. or maybe it's because i'm a girl who dreams of her husband daily. it's probably a combination of all of the above. but i adore this book, this story, and the God who wrote it all.

here's my favorite part according the message: hosea 2:14-20

"And now, here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to start all over again.I'm taking her back out into the wilderness where we had our first date, and I'll court her.I'll give her bouquets of roses. I'll turn Heartbreak Valley into Acres of Hope.She'll respond like she did as a young girl, those days when she was fresh out of Egypt. "At that time"—this is God's Message still—"you'll address me, 'Dear husband!'Never again will you address me, 'My slave-master!'I'll wash your mouth out with soap, get rid of all the dirty false-god names, not so much as a whisper of those names again.At the same time I'll make a peace treaty between you and wild animals and birds and reptiles,And get rid of all weapons of war. Think of it! Safe from beasts and bullies!And then I'll marry you for good—forever! I'll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness.Yes, I'll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go. You'll know me, God, for who I really am. "

this is what i know & this is what i love:

i have a God who knows that I struggle & that i choose things over Him all the time, but He chooses the convenant even still. He betroths me so that I will know Him. i know that i take covenant far less seriously than God does, but He gently, faithfully brings me back.

thank you, God, for loving me inspite of me.

i don't always trust God.

i don't always take Him at His word.

but i know this, that He is writing a story that only He can write.

for that, I will trust Him enough to let Him continue to write it, though i might be tempted to try my own chapter every now & again.

He is good.

He can write this story because He version is way better than mine.

in every relationship. every aspect of my life. i choose His story for today.

...and tomorrow i'll choose again.