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[All day event] UNITY is understand God's love and forgiveness
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- "How can I give up?" ~ Hosea 11:8
The prophet Hos ea speaks of God's love and forgiveness in a touching way. Speaking in God' s name, he says:
When Israel was a child, I loved&nbs p;him and called him out of Egypt...
But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. ..
Yet I was the one who taught Israel to walk...
How can I abandon ( Israel)?...
My heart will not let me do it!
My love for you is too strong.
I will not punish you in my anger ...
For I am God and not man.
I, the Holy One, am with you.. .
I will not come to you in anger (Hosea 11:1-3, 8-9) ~ Ma rk Link, S.J.
How does this passage impact you when you re-read it in a whisper, imagining that God is saying 'The Knights' or y our name in place of the words referring to Israel (in italics )?
"(LORD), your goodness and love will be with...
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