神的这个命令是多么不可思议啊！神竟然吩咐何西阿娶一个淫妇为妻。神为什么吩咐何西阿这样做？何西阿心里会有什么感受？神这样吩咐何西阿的时候，衪心里在想些什么？
神这样做，是要指出以色列民对衪已不再忠心，就像一个淫妇不忠于她的丈夫和家人那样。尽管其他国家的神都是不能为他们成就任何事的假神，但神的子民却去追随这些假神。唯有神才能供应他们的需要，看顾他们的艰难，可是他们却漠视神，在灵里背道，对祂不忠。
何西阿的家庭有什么事情发生呢？他的妻子歌蔑离家出走，与其他男子苟合。试想像一下，何西阿的心会受到何等大的伤害。此后，神吩咐何西阿与妻子复合（何西阿书3章）。假若我们是何西阿，我们是否也希望与我们的配偶复合呢？
何西阿的遭遇帮助我们看到，对神来说，衪仍然不断去爱衪的子民和看顾他们，付出了多少痛苦。尽管他们不断走向灭亡之路，神仍然没有停止去爱他们 － 就像今天衪没有停止爱我们一样。衪最终差遣衪的独生子耶稣到来，为我们这些堕落了的罪人偿还所有的罪债和再次接纳我们。神的爱是何等奇妙啊！
慈爱的神，你赐下你的儿子来拯救我们，我们赞美你。求你帮助我们明白，你不止息地爱我们，为此付上了何等大的代价，我们感谢你。奉耶稣名祈求。阿们。
何西阿书 1:2-9
2耶和华初次与何西阿说话，对他说：“你去娶淫妇为妻，也收那从淫乱所生的儿女，因为这地大行淫乱，离弃耶和华。”
3于是，何西阿去娶了滴拉音的女儿歌篾。这妇人怀孕，给他生了一个儿子。
4耶和华对何西阿说：“给他起名叫耶斯列，因为再过片时，我必讨耶户家在耶斯列杀人流血的罪，也必使以色列家的国灭绝。
5到那日，我必在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。”
6歌篾又怀孕，生了一个女儿。耶和华对何西阿说：“给她起名叫罗路哈玛，因为我必不再怜悯以色列家，决不赦免他们。
7我却要怜悯犹大家，使他们靠耶和华他们的神得救，不使他们靠弓、刀、争战、马匹与马兵得救。”
8歌篾给罗路哈玛断奶以后，又怀孕，生了一个儿子。
9耶和华说：“给他起名叫罗阿米，因为你们不做我的子民，我也不做你们的神。”
"The LORD said, 'Call him Lo-Ammi (which means not my people), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.'" - Hosea 1:9
What a strange command! God told Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman. Why would God tell Hosea to do that? How would that make Hosea feel in his heart? What was happening in God's heart that he would tell Hosea to do this?
God did this to point out that the people of Israel had become unfaithful to him, just as a promiscuous woman would be unfaithful to her husband and family. God's people had been following after the gods of other nations, even though all those gods were false and couldn't do anything for them. Only God could provide for the people and care for them, but they ignored God and became spiritually unfaithful.
What happened to the household of Hosea? His wife, Gomer, ran away from home. She had affairs with other men. Imagine how this must have hurt Hosea's heart. Then God commanded Hosea to bring his wife back (Hosea 3). If we were in Hosea's place, would we want to bring our spouse back?
Hosea's situation helps us to see how painful it was for God to keep loving his people and caring for them. Even though they kept turning away to their own destruction, God kept loving them—just as he keeps loving us today. Eventually he sent his only Son, Jesus, to pay for all the sins of us fallen sinners and to take us back. What an amazing God of love!
Loving God, we praise you for giving your Son to save us. Help us to understand what it cost you to keep loving us. Thank you. In Jesus' name, Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
