Archive for January, 2008

A Man in Love

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Ruth 3:12 – 13 “Although it is true that I am near of kin, there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I. Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to redeem, good; let him redeem. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. [...]

Proving Them Wrong

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Ruth 3:10 – 11 “The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that [...]

Spread Your Wings

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Ruth 3:8 – 9 “In the middle of the night something startled the man, and he turned and discovered a woman lying at his feet. “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.” Have you ever seen a [...]

Long Night

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Ruth 3:7 – 8 “When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. In the middle of the night something startled the man, and he turned and discovered a [...]

Pounded

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Ruth 3:6 “So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.” Do you know what was done on the threshing floor? Yes, that’s right. Threshing. Now, to be perfectly honest with you, I had to look this up. I had a general idea of what threshing was, [...]

Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Part 2)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Ruth 3:1 – 6 “One day Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, ‘My daughter, should I not try to find a home for you, where you will be well provided for? Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been, a kinsman of ours? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. [...]

Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Part 1)

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Ruth 3:1 – 6 “One day Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, ‘My daughter, should I not try to find a home for you, where you will be well provided for? Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been, a kinsman of ours? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. [...]

Dreamboat

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Ruth 2:21 – 23 “Then Ruth the Moabitess said, ‘He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’ Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, ‘It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with his girls, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.’ So Ruth [...]

Rescued

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Ruth 2:20 “The Lord bless him!’ Naomi said to her daughter-in law. ‘He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.’ She added, ‘That man is our close relative; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers.” The kinsman-redeemer law is a unique and beautiful law, and paints a wonderful picture of our [...]

Who Did This?

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Ruth 2:19 – 20 “Her mother-in-law asked her, ‘Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!’ Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. ‘The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,’ she said.” Have [...]