Abandoned
Why does Isaiah call this a love song to God?
Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry! - Isa. 5:1-7
Isaiah uses the metaphor of a vineyard to let God know that he understands why God appears to have abandoned his people.
The fruit of the vine, he says, is wild and unappealing. It is not good for making wine. What the vineyard has produces is useless to the owner.
What the people of Israel and Judah have done is of no value to God.
So, God, accept my song of love for you, for I know why you are angry with us.
I wonder if we need to compose a love song to God.
Maybe we can find a suitable metaphor and make an appeal like Isaiah did.
Maybe God would like to hear that we know we failed Him.
To do that, though, we would need to give up our egos.
Good luck with that.
More to come...