These 2 books contain some of the most potent illustrations of God's love in the entire Bible. God desires a relationship with each one of us that is as intense, intimate, and joyful as the best marriage that we can imagine. What is even more remarkable is that even though we have divorced God and become prostitutes (going after other gods), His desire for marriage with us is not diminished in the slightest! 

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There is no more tender book in the Old Testament than the story of Hosea, which was to parallel the great love that God has for his wife who had become a prostitute. The books of Hosea and Micah make the compelling case: God is intensely in love with each and every one of us!