Living the Message

Grace in the Story of Ruth

16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

Today, we talked about the story of Ruth from the Old Testament. Pastor Amy read the story and asked us to look for signs of God's grace in it. One of the things that stands out to me is the faith that Ruth has been given. She must see in her husband's family's character something that she knows she must follow and this is the God of Israel. God is with Ruth when she takes the step out in faith. In the story, she follows Naomi back to Bethlehem, her life is redeemed through Boaz and as we know, she becomes part of the line to David. Boaz healed her brokeness as Christ our Redeemer heals our brokeness.

Question of the Week: When did you see God's grace during a hard time in your own life?

Like Ruth, I think it has been important to me to follow and/or be with people who I know serve the God of Israel who gave us Jesus because His people offer grace to me in different ways all the time. I have been blessed to know so many people who know Jesus.

Labels: Old Testament

posted by Jewels @ 2:54 PM