For many of us who have read Hosea, or any of the prophets for that matter, they seem on first pass to be filled with a fair amount of doom and gloom. But there’s more to be found by the careful explorer. Throughout the book of Hosea is a story of a God who displays extravagant, abounding, and seemingly reckless love. Told through the metaphors of marriage and family, we discover a God who calls us deeper and deeper into his love.