Hosea 31. Love pursues, v. 1“When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.”-Hosea 1:22. Love establishes a standard, v. 13. Love pays the price, v. 24. Love is mutual, v. 35. Love comes back to what it was created for, v. 5a) the Lordb) His goodness“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”-Psalm 23:6