Random Thoughts on Ezekiel

My current reading is in Ezekiel. God tells Ezekiel to do all kinds of weird stuff as signs to the people of Israel. He definitely would have gotten people's attention. Which was the point. God sent him to his own people who were proud, stubborn, and foolish. Ezekiel 16 talks about how much Jerusalem has played the harlot, which is a lot. She disrespects God, the love of her youth, and runs after pretty much everything that isn't God. She's going to be punished for that. But what blows me away is what the Bible always comes back to. Yes, there will be punishment, but God will take her back. He's still going to honor His covenant even though His people haven't. They'll be chastised, but He takes them back. Every time. I read about all these horrible things, but it always comes back to God coming through for His people. Always. I'm just as bad as the Israelites about forgetting that.