Hosea 14: 1-9, Galatians 5:22-23

The Lord wants us to turn to him so that he can restore us and allow us to produce fruit and fruit that is as luxuriant as he is.

We have a God-shaped hole in all of us, a sanctuary that we must guard, grow, and protect but also nourish so it can expand in the knowledge of God.

In this chapter, God showed Israel what they would have in him if they returned to him, and Israel also recognized that God's ways are better than the ways they were living.