Redeeming Love
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12
Isn’t this a beautiful verse? It is from the book of Hosea from the Bible which I admit I may never have read before. It is the same book that the talented author, Francine Rivers, studied and came up with the idea of writing a novel based on the premise of the book. Rivers’ book is called Redeeming Love. It is a wonderful account of how a man loved a woman, despite her waywardness, and how she came to love him as a faithful wife. The Bible story tells about how the people of God turned away from him and how He showed compassion on them.
It is inspiring to think how creativity can help writers come up with ideas and carry them out. This biblical story had sat under the noses of people for 1000s of years. Yet it took the heart and mind and hard work of Rivers to portray it in novel form.
What story is sitting under your nose that could be inspiration for a devotion, poem, short story, or even novel? Sometimes all it takes is looking at something at a certain angle. Try to see things from a new point of view and pray that inspiration will strike as it did for Francine Rivers.
Take care,
Isn’t this a beautiful verse? It is from the book of Hosea from the Bible which I admit I may never have read before. It is the same book that the talented author, Francine Rivers, studied and came up with the idea of writing a novel based on the premise of the book. Rivers’ book is called Redeeming Love. It is a wonderful account of how a man loved a woman, despite her waywardness, and how she came to love him as a faithful wife. The Bible story tells about how the people of God turned away from him and how He showed compassion on them.
It is inspiring to think how creativity can help writers come up with ideas and carry them out. This biblical story had sat under the noses of people for 1000s of years. Yet it took the heart and mind and hard work of Rivers to portray it in novel form.
What story is sitting under your nose that could be inspiration for a devotion, poem, short story, or even novel? Sometimes all it takes is looking at something at a certain angle. Try to see things from a new point of view and pray that inspiration will strike as it did for Francine Rivers.
Take care,
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