Post by Woody Williams on Feb 7, 2008 9:40:32 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Ruth 4:13-17
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So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together,
the LORD made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said
to Naomi, �Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day
without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall
be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for
your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven
sons, has borne him.� Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her
bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the neighborhood gave him a
name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed; he
became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Devotional
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Ruth, the foreign born woman and a sharer in sorrow with her
mother-in-law Naomi in losing their husbands, finds a new husband. A
child is born. In the midst of what had appeared as a tragedy God has
been moving and working for good and a blessing for Ruth and the
world. Things are not what they might always seem to be when God
takes hold of history, the world and ours.
Prayer
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Keep hope alive in me, O Lord, in all circumstances. Amen
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So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together,
the LORD made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said
to Naomi, �Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day
without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall
be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for
your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven
sons, has borne him.� Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her
bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the neighborhood gave him a
name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed; he
became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Devotional
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Ruth, the foreign born woman and a sharer in sorrow with her
mother-in-law Naomi in losing their husbands, finds a new husband. A
child is born. In the midst of what had appeared as a tragedy God has
been moving and working for good and a blessing for Ruth and the
world. Things are not what they might always seem to be when God
takes hold of history, the world and ours.
Prayer
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Keep hope alive in me, O Lord, in all circumstances. Amen