Archive for December, 2007

Happy New Year!

Monday, December 31st, 2007

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
Dear Readers,
Thank you for sharing coffee and God’s Word with me. May God fill your new year with the richest of blessings!
Renae

Blessable

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Ruth 2:11 – 12 “Boaz replied, ‘I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband – how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you [...]

Finding Favor

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Ruth 2:10 “At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, ‘Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me – a foreigner?”
When Ruth followed Naomi to Bethlehem, she knew what she was in for. She had been fairly warned. She was a foreigner – the worst [...]

Staying Close

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Ruth 2:8 – 9 “So Boaz said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch [...]

Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

This morning in church, my dear husband shared his favorite Christmas verse:
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
He followed this up by adding:
John 3:17 “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to [...]

A Good Name

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Ruth 2:6 – 7 “The foreman replied, “She is a Moabitess who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She went into the field and has worked steadily from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”
Do you get [...]

Who's That Girl?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Ruth 2:4 – 5 “Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, ‘The Lord be with you!’ ‘The Lord bless you!’ they called back. Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, ‘Whose young woman is that?”
Boaz was one of the most eligible bachelors in Bethlehem. He was rich. He was powerful. And he [...]

Working Girl

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Ruth 2:1 – 3 “Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, from the clan of Elimelech, a man of standing, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.’ Naomi said [...]

Harvest Time

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Ruth 1:22 “So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.”
When Naomi and her family left Bethlehem ten years earlier, they were hoping to find life. Her husband had heard there was more food in Moab, so off they went. But instead of [...]

Temper Tantrum

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Ruth 1:20 – 21 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
Naomi, Naomi. What happened to [...]