Ruth and Naomi return to Bethlehem. It’s good to be home but there is little joy in Naomi’s heart. She is now Mara, bitter. She feels judged by the Lord. When thinking about Naomi’s response to the woman when she and Ruth get to Bethlehem I’m prompted to remember God’s purpose; HIS plan. God had […]
The famine in Israel is over but not the famine in Naomi’s heart. Naomi wants to go home. She has nothing to offer her daughter in laws and so releases them back to their “mother’s” home. But Ruth sticks like glue to her side. We left our three women with an uncertain future. All the […]
We come to the book of Ruth. We start with Naomi’s story. A woman who is personally acquainted with sorrow. One day God will wipe that away and give her joy, but not today. MANY years ago I was a counselor at a girls bible camp. While there the story of Ruth was one of […]
The battle with Benjamin is over and the tribe is nearly wiped out. All that remains are 600 men hiding at the rock of Rimmon. Intervention is needed before the 12 tribes become 11. This has been a bloody and devastating battle. Both sides lost individuals during it but Benjamin lost more than all the […]
All Israel is up in arms over the treatment the Levite and his concubine received. They are ready to dispense justice to those who committed these offenses. But Benjamin won’t turn them over. Battles lines are drawn up and war breaks out. We left our story last time where the Levite cut his concubine’s body […]
