Hear the word of the LORD O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea 4:1
After continuing to read, I ended up reading the whole book in a week, and I recommend it to anybody. I found "steadfast love" again.
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6
A couple of days later, I find "steadfast love" yet again!
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea 10: 12
Last time I saw it was here. I think God is trying to convey something to me here.
So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Hosea 12:6
All of these are in the book of Hosea alone, if you haven't already noticed. Today, I was reading chapter 19 of Proverbs and pretty much found a whole other verse talking about steadfast love. At first, I was confused by all of this. After all, what does steadfast mean? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary it means a : firmly fixed in place : immovable b : not subject to change. I naturally tried to find an application of all of this to my life. It didn't take long for me to find it either. I learned quickly, that my love for some people is not steadfast. And I am called in the book of John to love one another just as Christ has loved me. This convicted me. Love is not an option. For anybody. Even people that hurt me. Not saying that it is going to be an easy thing, but I am going to work on my ability to have steadfast love for everybody. Hope this maybe was able to help somebody. Maybe it gave ya a gut check as to what you are doing for the kingdom.
-amgfinding_freedom
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