Redeeming Love

I just got finished reading the most incredible book. It's called 'Redeeming Love'. I actually read it in less than a day. It could possibly be one of the best books I've ever read. The story is set in the 1850s, but it's based on the story in Hosea... where he marries a prostitute, she runs and he has to buy her back out of slavery. It's an awesome book and I think every girl in America should read it. The story is all about the power of a redeeming Savior.

Pretty much anyone that would read this blog knows I've made many mistakes in my life... most of which I'm not proud of at all. I'm floored at the grace and forgiveness that God bestows on us. I'm amazed when I read something like the story of Hosea and see the redemption that God can give. It never matters what's been done in the past or how many times we have screwed up... he's still there. I think the concept is a hard grasp for me because I have had people leave me because of things I've done in my life. If they don't leave then they certainly judge you or look at you differently because of choices you have made. I believe there are consequences to sin, but when you ask God for forgiveness... he just forgets. I think we as people dwell on what others think of who we are or what we've done... when God's redeeming power has already saved and forgiven us. It's an incredible concept for me and almost unfathomable. I'm tired of caring what the world thinks and who they say I am. I know who God says I am and quite simply... I am his. I'm his daughter, his child, his love. I want to live in that... to sit and rest in the fact that I am who God says I am... the rest doesn't matter a whole lot. God has redeemed me. He has made me new and that person I was... doesn't exist anymore... as long as I don't let her. God has forgotten her and it's about time I do, too.