A Call to Repentance

"Come, and let us return to the Lord;
For He has torn, but He will hear us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latteer and former rain to the earth.
~Hosea 6:1-3

Lord, have mercy.

On the fourth of July, I reflected on our country. Our fatherland. We have strayed far from where we have begun. We've left the Lord and followed Folly down the dark path. We have not remembered the Lord's commands and have not kept them. As I read Hosea this morning, I was struck at how the Lord dealt with Israel in a similar situation.

Lady Liberty, heed the voice of your fathers. Turn away from false idols and leave your harlotry. Return to the Lord who made heaven and earth. Return to the Almighty God and receive salvation.