Ruth ….2…

 

Ruth…2…

“ which is way we know this book forever remains a place where the disciples can find instruction, the heedless can find warning, the weary, inspiration…the faint hearted, courage…and the sorrowful, comfort…help us to trust You and lead us into Your plans and purposes…” Carolyn Miller….

I realize that Ruth and Naomi did not have the written Word as we know it today…but they had faith…I thought of them as I read this passage written by Carolyn Miller this morning…

They were weary and needed inspiration…

They were faint hearted and needed Courage…

They were sorrowful and needed comfort…

They were hungry and needed provision…

They were homeless and needed shelter…

They needed a plan…

They needed a purpose…

They needed a redeemer…and God provided…

They saw their immediate needs, but God saw the bigger picture for their lives…

 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.” 

So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning. 

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek. 

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.” At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. 

She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?” May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” 

“The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” 

She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.” 

Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.” 

So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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Thank YOU…

I will celebrate….

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