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E:97: How God Pursues Divorced Women in The Bible
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- Jun 12, 2026
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For the woman ready to find out what God says about who she is to Him. Grab your free 7-day devotional, Roots Here is the question underneath everything you have done since your divorce — the chasing, the closing off, the staying busy, the staying numb: Am I truly desired? This episode answers that question. From Scripture. With no conditions attached. Most women navigating life after divorce are carrying a version of the same wound: the fear that they were not truly wanted. That if he had really desired them, he would have stayed. That desire — real, pursuing, unconditional desire — is something that belongs to other women. Not her. This episode is not a comfort. It is a correction. In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into one of the most overlooked theological truths in all of Scripture: God does not wait for you to come back to Him. He pursues you. Actively. Personally. Relentlessly. And in Hosea 2, He does something that should stop every divorced woman in her tracks — He writes the full covenant over an unfaithful bride and pays both sides of it Himself. What we cover: — Hosea 2:14–20: God leads His people back into the wilderness — not as punishment, but as the place where He can speak tenderly to her again. The wilderness is not abandonment. It is the destination of pursuit. — Song of Solomon 2:10–13: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." This is not poetry about a human relationship. This is the language God uses to call her out of the season she has been hiding in. — The Hebrew ketubah and mohar: In ancient Hebrew marriage covenant, the groom paid the bride price and the bride's family confirmed the covenant. At the cross, God paid both sides — fulfilling both the Bridegroom and the Bride obligations. He wrot…