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Some things are not lost in a moment. They slip away while we are still holding them.
That is the quiet ache at the heart of Two Ways to Lose What You Were Given.
In this fourth issue of The Monthly Word, Promise takes us deeper into Hosea 4:6 and shows that loss does not always look like rebellion. Sometimes it begins with a clear refusal. At other times, it begins more softly, through neglect, distraction, and the slow fading of attention.
The article follows two Hebrew words that open up the verse with surprising force. One speaks of rejecting what God has given. The other speaks of forgetting it, not because it disappeared from memory, but because it stopped being attended to. One is a decision. The other is a drift. Both can leave a person standing empty-handed before they realise what has happened.
This is what makes the piece so close to home. A person can still believe the truth and yet stop living from it. A Bible can remain respected but unopened. Prayer can become thinner without anyone noticing. Obedience can fade quietly, not through open defiance, but through days and weeks of not returning to the path.
With careful Hebrew insight, Two Ways to Lose What You Were Given helps the you to pause and ask the questions that matter. Have I quietly dismissed something God gave me because it became too costly? Or have I simply stopped walking in what once kept my soul alive?
This issue does not rush to condemn. It helps us recognise the danger while there is still time to return. It reminds us that some paths only disappear because no one walks them any more, and some gifts only grow silent because we stopped turning towards them.
Read this slowly. It may show you something you did not know you were losing.
