I want to teach you an incredible statement today. Ready? The Valley of Acore is a door of hope.

What in the world does that mean? You are going to be blessed to find out.

Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly. We believe the Bible is true and relevant to everyone, everywhere, every day.

Thanks for listening, and let's join Kurt for today's episode.

Hey friends, welcome back.

I have a postcard today.

Thought I would share that with you.

I apologize to my friend Chris Reed.

Chris is a missionary to the nation of Thailand,

and we were together last December, I think, when I was preaching a conference there in Thailand.

What a beautiful place with beautiful people that needs the beautiful gospel.

They're steeped in Buddhism, most of them, but lovely people.

And what a burden that you get when you go to Thailand for the Thai people.

Beautiful picture here from the Chang Mai region of Thailand, where Chris and his family serve. And thank you for remembering me, Chris, and for listening to the podcast. We're in Josea chapter number two today.

And we're talking about how the nation of Israel, the Northern Kingdom, is related to Gomer, or really how Gomer, the wife of

Josea, relates to the nation of Israel in that they are both unfaithful to their very faithful

husband. Gomer is unfaithful. I mean chronically unfaithful to Hosea, not just a one-time fling type thing, but chronically

unfaithful. And then there is the nation of Israel chronically unfaithful with many lovers,

rejecting the loyal love of God. And how does God deal with all of this? Well, we have found in recent

episodes that you can chase sin, but you won't get the pleasure you think you'll get,

and you won't get the satisfaction that you thought you'd find. And your pursuit will become more and more intent, and what you

get out of it will be less and less satisfying. And watch how that vein continues in Hosea

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