O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:32 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday September 18 > Day 261 > > Hosea 1-3 (The Message) > > Hosea 1 > 1 This is God's Message to Hosea son of Beeri. It came to him during the > royal reigns of Judah's > kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. This was also the time that > Jeroboam son of Joash was king > over Israel. This Whole Country Has Become a Whorehouse > 2 The first time God spoke to Hosea he said: > > "Find a whore and marry her. > Make this whore the mother of your children. > And here's why: This whole country > has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God." > > 3 Hosea did it. He picked Gomer daughter of Diblaim. She got pregnant and > gave him a son. > > 4-5 Then God told him: > > "Name him Jezreel. It won't be long now before > I'll make the people of Israel pay for the massacre at Jezreel. > I'm calling it quits on the kingdom of Israel. > Payday is coming! I'm going to chop Israel's bows and arrows > into kindling in the valley of Jezreel." > > 6-7 Gomer got pregnant again. This time she had a daughter. God told > Hosea: > > "Name this one No-Mercy. I'm fed up with Israel. > I've run out of mercy. There's no more forgiveness. > Judah's another story. I'll continue having mercy on them. > I'll save them. It will be their God who saves them, > Not their armaments and armies, > not their horsepower and manpower." > > 8-9 After Gomer had weaned No-Mercy, she got pregnant yet again and had a > son. God said: > > "Name him Nobody. You've become nobodies to me, > and I, God, am a nobody to you. > > 10-11 "But down the road the population of Israel is going to explode past > counting, like sand on > the ocean beaches. In the very place where they were once named Nobody, > they will be named God's > Somebody. Everybody in Judah and everybody in Israel will be assembled as > one people. They'll choose > a single leader. There'll be no stopping them-a great day in Jezreel!" > > Hosea 2 > 1 "Rename your brothers 'God's Somebody.' > Rename your sisters 'All Mercy.' Wild Weekends and Unholy Holidays > > 2-13 "Haul your mother into court. Accuse her! > She's no longer my wife. > I'm no longer her husband. > Tell her to quit dressing like a whore, > displaying her breasts for sale. > If she refuses, I'll rip off her clothes > and expose her, naked as a newborn. > I'll turn her skin into dried-out leather, > her body into a badlands landscape, > a rack of bones in the desert. > I'll have nothing to do with her children, > born one and all in a whorehouse. > Face it: Your mother's been a whore, > bringing bastard children into the world. > She said, 'I'm off to see my lovers! > They'll wine and dine me, > Dress and caress me, > perfume and adorn me!' > But I'll fix her: I'll dump her in a field of thistles, > then lose her in a dead-end alley. > She'll go on the hunt for her lovers > but not bring down a single one. > She'll look high and low > but won't find a one. Then she'll say, > 'I'm going back to my husband, the one I started out with. > That was a better life by far than this one.' > She didn't know that it was I all along > who wined and dined and adorned her, > That I was the one who dressed her up > in the big-city fashions and jewelry > that she wasted on wild Baal-orgies. > I'm about to bring her up short: No more wining and dining! > Silk lingerie and gowns are a thing of the past. > I'll expose her genitals to the public. > All her fly-by-night lovers will be helpless to help her. > Party time is over. I'm calling a halt to the whole business, > her wild weekends and unholy holidays. > I'll wreck her sumptuous gardens and ornamental fountains, > of which she bragged, 'Whoring paid for all this!' > They will soon be dumping grounds for garbage, > feeding grounds for stray dogs and cats. > I'll make her pay for her indulgence in promiscuous religion- > all that sensuous Baal worship > And all the promiscuous sex that went with it, > stalking her lovers, dressed to kill, > And not a thought for me." > God's Message! > > To Start All Over Again > 14-15 "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. > 16-20 "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. > > 21-23 "On the very same day, I'll answer"-this is God's Message- > "I'll answer the sky, sky will answer earth, > Earth will answer grain and wine and olive oil, > and they'll all answer Jezreel. > I'll plant her in the good earth. > I'll have mercy on No-Mercy. > I'll say to Nobody, 'You're my dear Somebody,' > and he'll say 'You're my God!'" > > Hosea 3 > In Time They'll Come Back > 1 Then God ordered me, "Start all over: Love your wife again, your wife > who's in bed with her > latest boyfriend, your cheating wife. > Love her the way I, God, love the Israelite people, > even as they flirt and party with every god that takes their fancy." > 2-3I did it. I paid good money to get her back. > It cost me the price of a slave. > Then I told her, "From now on you're living with me. > No more whoring, no more sleeping around. > You're living with me and I'm living with you." > > 4-5 The people of Israel are going to live a long time > stripped of security and protection, > without religion and comfort, > godless and prayerless. > But in time they'll come back, these Israelites, > come back looking for their God and their David-King. > They'll come back chastened to reverence > before God and his good gifts, ready for the End of the story of his > love. > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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