Today's Daily Bread's title is Come Back. It is so worthy to share with you guys. I am totally touched by the passage.

I will heal their backsliding. —Hosea 14:4

The people of Israel had backslidden, and God wanted Hosea to show them how much that hurt Him. So, in the first few chapters of Hosea, we read a bizarre story: God commanded the prophet to marry a prostitute named Gomer. Put on display as the faithful husband of an unfaithful spouse, Hosea experienced a pain similar to what God felt when Israel was spiritually unfaithful.
How meaningful is this...

A prophet was asked to marry a prostitute by God. I don't understand this until today I read this passage. A faithful husband with an unfaithful wife. A faithful God with us the unfaithful children of His.

Many of us will backslide and leave God and go after those excitement out there. Serving our God with all our hearts ain't an important thing, in fact you really have to sacrifice a lot of things to hit this target. Simple example, why do we need to work? To earn as much money as we can, so that we can have a better life and we can enjoy. But do humans know how much is enough? No. We don't. When we have something, we want more, so we will work even harder and chase for more. There goes our time and sometimes even our conscience. In this world, what consider as good employees? When you give your all, stay back after work, work on Saturday and Sunday, do all sorts of things for your boss to please your boss even if it is illegal.

But if you want to serve God with all your heart, then you are not allowed to work on every Saturday and Sunday, and we can not do illegal things. To employers, these kind of employees consider as not giving your all to the company, therefore you are not a good employee, and if they would like to promote someone, they will not put you in their list. There goes your chance.

Because of this, many people choose to leave church and they said: I work first, after few years when I earn enough money, then I will come back and serve again. Foolish people. Yes. Our Father in Heaven will forgive you because He loves us so much. But don't you know that you are hurting him like how an unfaithful wife hurts a faithful husband?

Have you made poor choices that have caused you to slip away? It’s not too late to make a fresh start with God. Come back. Repent and seek restored fellowship with the Lord today.

Come back to our God now and He will forgive you, heal you and restore you. Don't hurt our God anymore. He so love us that we should love Him more without hurting Him anymore.