Finally, for the last five minutes of this faith exercise read aloud slowly these three texts: But look, I am going to seduce her and lead her into the desert and speak to her heart. There I shall give her back her vineyards, and make the Vale of Achor a gateway of hope. There she will respond as when she was young, as on the day when she came up from Egypt. (Hosea 2:14–15) Yahweh called me when I was in the womb, before my birth he had pronounced my name…Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these were to forget, I shall not forget you.
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