I like the irony she uses. One of the opening scenes is in a city where men pick numbers to have sex with a particular prostitute. Whoever gets lucky, gets to sleep with her. Or come back tomorrow and pay to pick another number till he is lucky enough to sleep with her.
The city is called "Pair-a-Dice'' like Paradise.
The brothel for prostitutes is called a Palace.
The main prostitute is called "Angel".
Funny thing is, when Michael Hosea realizes that Angel is the one God wants him to marry, he laughs and says "God sure does have a sense of humor". More like "Oluwa, you dey whine me?"
Okay, just in case you don't know Hosea, let me give you a background story.
Hosea is that guy (one of the minor prophets in the Bible) that God asked to marry a whore. It sounds ridiculous, right? Yes, I know.
So God wanted to use the life of Hosea as a pictorial representation of how much he loved the Israelites and how they kept on following other gods. Hence, they were committing adultery and running away from their true love.
So Hosea married a prostitute. And she kept running away.
The casting, the acting, the story telling. It was amazing. But, it's Francine Rivers. It's expected.
If you're wondering why you should watch this movie (what's my business with Hosea and Gomer? Who cares about God and the Israelites?), well you can just watch it for love (the romance in it.)
But just in case you're confused in your Christian journey, this is the spark of hope you've been waiting for.
God's love is unconditional. His love is redeeming. He's ever ready. His arms are ever open. He's saying "Come to daddy."
It's left to you.
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