““When Israel was a child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called My son.
As they called them,
So they went from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.
“I taught Ephraim to walk,
Taking them by their arms;
But they did not know that I healed them.
I drew them with gentle cords,
With bands of love,
And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.
I stooped and fed them.”
Hosea 11:1-4
With the conviction of a river meandering through the land
And the steadfastness of the ground that cradles the river flow
That is how I am in relation to you.
I stand in awe of you LORD God of Abraham.
-EMH