Some verses have haunted my thoughts the past few days like nothing has in a long time. This is from Hosea 11:8-9.

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, O Israel?

How can I make you like Admah?

How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

My heart recoils within me;

my compassion grows warm and tender.

I will not execute my burning anger;

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

for I am God and not a man,

the Holy One is in your midst,

and I will not come in wrath.

And from Micah 5:4-5,

And he shall stand and shepherd his

flock in the strength of the Lord,

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.

And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great

to the ends of the earth.

And he shall be their peace.

 

Finally… just in case you were wondering. I really have a hard time liking this whole idea of Valentine’s Day.