Living to Love God || Learning to Love People
Even when you think the God of the universe couldn’t love someone like you, He shows up. Even when you think that things in your past are too great to deserve the forgiveness of the Mighty King, He still shows you mercy. Even if you feel like an outsider because you were never one of
Naomi was bitter. I don’t blame her one bit. She lost her husband. She lost her sons. Bitterness is something I can totally relate to. But even through her bitterness, she remained faithful: returning to her people, returning to the God from whom she feels affliction and judgement. How many of you can relate? Throughout
Naomi set out to return to Judah, for word travelled that the Lord had found favor on His people and provided them with food. Without her husband or sons, who had all died while in Moab, she stood at the crossroads with her two daughters-in-law. Go back to your homelands, she urged them. Start a
As I start in on the book of Ruth, studying it for the very first time, I can’t help but think of how brave Naomi has to be during such a difficult time in her life. I mean, really. She suffered such great losses! And it’s as if the Lord seems to know (well, duh,