Welcome to Summer of Scripture on the Naked Marriage Podcast.

For 66 days in a row, we're releasing a short daily devotional for your marriage.

Over the 66 days, we'll be sharing one scripture from each of the 66 books of the Bible and

talking about how it applies to your life and marriage.

Listen to all 66 episodes of these and you'll have a better understanding of God's Word

and His perfect plan for your marriage.

Let's dive in to today's scripture.

Hey there, welcome back to the Summer of Scripture here on the Naked Marriage Podcast.

We're on day 28, you guys.

We're in the book of Hosea, chapter 1, verse 2, says this,

When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him,

go and marry a prostitute so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution.

This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord

and worshipping other gods.

So this is interesting.

This whole story is not really.

It is not.

The story of Hosea.

People who aren't familiar that you got to paint this picture is it is a crazy story.

So Hosea was a prophet, a godly man who got told him to marry this woman named Gomer,

which isn't unfortunate.

There's probably, yeah, I mean, I mean, you know, not making fun of anybody's name,

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