Gomer..

well you can't look at Gomer without revisiting Hosea...
Hosea 1: 2 The first time God spoke to Hosea he said: "Find a whore and marry her. Make this whore the mother of your children. And here's why: This whole country has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God." 3 Hosea did it.

well.. how about if GOD calls you a whore... sheesh... and how about if the FIRST time God speaks to you this is the message you get... imagine THAT!!

okay.. well my heart goes out to Gomer somewhat... let's try to see her side of this whole thing... first of all.. what makes a woman promiscuous? what is it that gives us a 'whore' mentality? I would say.. she is actually looking for love I believe.. but when the world is all our mind knows for love.. our vision is distorted.. our desires are distorted.. and what we THINK makes us happy is distorted...

I would by no means call myself a whore ever in my life.. but I imagine God would have.. as I was so afraid of love.. that all I wanted was sexual satisfaction.. without emotional attachment... now I have issues though.. so me personally.. I have not been with many men.. but I think this is the beginning of that type of thing happening to someone...

so Hosea marries Gomer.. and she has some children by him.. but she leaves him... she goes off with other lovers... and she has children that are not from her husband... Hosea goes to these men who now believe they own her.. which makes me imagine she was literally a prostitute with a pimp.. and he buys her back... because this is what God has commanded him to do...

he makes her stay celibate for a while... before he will be close with her again.. so as not to defile himself.. now while I understand why he had to do that.. can you imagine how she must have felt.. this man buys her back then won't be close to her because she is defiled.. she is dirty.. she is unclean... and we wonder why she would rather be with the street man.. who is also defiled.. so what does he care if she is defiled.. for him it is just a good time... he likes her...

this is the last we hear of Gomer.. when Hosea buys her back and he is commanded to love her as God loves the people of Israel... we don't know what happened.. did she stay.. did she run... did Hosea father these children alone?

as this story is the replica of God loving the children of Israel.. and the people DO return to God and they DO love Him.. they ARE thankful that He is such a loving Husband... then we also have the right to believe that this also happened in the story of Gomer and Hosea... because Hosea was faithful to God and did what God commanded.. I choose to believe that Gomer responded to the love of her husband.. and came to serve her husband's God and also to love her husband... again.. this is not in the bible.. there is no ending in the bible.. this is how I CHOOSE to BELIEVE God's love story ends... as I know God loves me in spite of my past unfaithfulness to Him...