Ruth and Naomi are safe in Bethlehem. Now the task of day to day survival needs to be addressed. Ruth is ready for whatever it takes. She will be a tireless worker to bring food into their home. The story of Ruth and Naomi has been spread about the community. Even the field hands know […]
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 […]
We follow Samson into trouble. His physical desire for sexual pleasure leads him to betray his own secrets. This is NOT love and it results in Samson in knots. Samson’s sexual appetite isn’t the only thing that got him in trouble. His arrogance was just as big. Here I am judging him again. I think […]