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Compared to
the end of Judges, Ruth is a breath of fresh air. We have spent that last week or more talking
about the rash behavior and thoughtlessness of God’s own people. Today we meet Ruth. Ruth is a Moabite, not from among God’s
people. In her, though, we see the
glimmer of truth and hope.
Ruth is
shown kindness and love while being the daughter-in-law of Naomi. This is what convinces her to stay with Naomi
as she heads home. Naomi’s faithfulness
evokes a response in Ruth and Ruth obeys.
She is willing to follow Naomi back to her home people because she
desires to cling to faith, hope, and love.
This gives
us two great lessons. First of all, what
a great testimony for why we need to be a people of faith, hope, and love. When we act in those manners to the people
around us, some will cling to it. Some
will take notice. Some will allow us to
reach into their life and pass along the faith, hope, and love to them.
The second
lesson that we can learn is that even in the faithlessness of a generation we
can still find people of faith. The
Hebrew people were godless and without good leadership. Yet, we have Naomi. She is a person who has great faith, hope,
and love.
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