What would God say to the people of Israel? Would it be something like this?
O, Israel, how I wish you could trust me again. I am trying to comfort you. No, I am commanding my very being to comfort you. I want to woo you back; I want to woo back the fallen city and her defeated people. You have been punished enough. I have given you more than your sins required or deserved. So I am making my way to you. Nothing I have created will stand in my way. You will be in my presence again, and you will not doubt that I am with you. I am for you.
I tell my Divine counsel to proclaim my message – While flesh is fleeting and only here on Earth for a season, my word is everlasting. I can make the flowers fade by my very thought, my very breath. But my thoughts are directed towards you good, Israel. I tell the prophet to speak with vigor. I need to get your attention, my people. I will come and bring triumph for you. I will gather you to me with loving care.
I have chosen you, yes you! You are my lover! See I am drawing you towards me, even now, from all of the corners of the earth. You may think that I have rejected you, but I have not. Do not fear, for I am with you, and I am God. I will give you strength and help you. I will not be shamed, but those who are against you will be as I bring them down. For I am your redeemer.
You will not be disgraced. What is in the past is done and over with. Don’t think about it again! I am the God of all of the Earth and I have chosen to redeem you! I have called you back, even though I forsook you for a period of time. But my kindness cannot be contained, nor can the love I lead you back with. By this love, I will redeem you.
Let us free ourselves to be redeemed, people of God.
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