Hosea 2:14 "therefore behold, I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness, and I will speak tenderly to her heart." Have you ever thought about the fact that God is pursuing you...that He longs to spend time...with you! The word "allure" means to draw, to captivate, to enthrall, or to powerfully attract. Your Heavenly Father is calling you, beloved.
I've noticed lately more and more that there seems to be such a battle for where my attention goes. I plan to spend time quietly with God..and my phone will ring..or I find myself distracted by my own thoughts..that text that I really don't need to respond to right now, the laundry that is piling up, that sense of being a bit overwhelmed at the day's agenda, the noise outside! Honestly, sometimes it's amazing what can draw my attention away from simply sitting in His presence...simply resting..simply abiding...but I am overjoyed at the fact that my Lord wants to spend time...with me! He is calling me to a place of quiet..a place where He can speak tenderly to me. I've heard His still small voice in the depth of my spirit. It is always accompanied by a sense of peace...and in this very still place...abiding in His presence..I once again am overwhelmed..but in an entirely different way. I am submerged, and completely engulfed in His unconditional love for me. I am captured by His desire to know ME..to reveal Himself to Me. In His presence, transformation comes. It's where my mind is renewed. It's where healing takes place. It's where I come to know Him...and it's where, as the verse above reveals, He speaks ever so tenderly to my heart.