Make me more lavish with your love, O God.

You don’t have to keep running.

You don’t have to be afraid.

My love is for you.

I have made you my own.

I have hemmed you in, behind and before.

I have changed your name from No Mercy

To Mercy.

From Not My People.

To My People.

And I am your God.

I have been calling you, seeking you, pursuing you.

Don’t you hear the voice?

I know that you think the name being called is not your name,

But it is.

With you, the old has gone the new has come.

I’m calling because I have betrothed you to me.

In righteousness and justice.

In mercy and steadfast love.

In faithfulness.

And you shall know the Lord.

My love is for you, my delight is in you.

You are my sons and my daughters.

-Jesus (based on Hosea 2)

Lord forgive me for not being lavish enough with your love. For putting boundaries on it. For hemming it in. Open the floodgates lord.