Two Marriages

God tells Hosea to marry Gomer.
She’s a prostitute.
She bears children.
She leaves him to ply her trade.
Were the sons even his?
Probably not.
He goes after her and brings her back,
Unfaithful woman that she is,
A crazy picture of the love of God
For his people.

There is one other instance in the Bible
Of God telling a man to marry.

Mary was pregnant, not by Joseph.
God told him to marry her anyway.
So he does. And Jesus comes.
A crazy picture of the love of God
For all people.