Sunday, October 9, 2011

Ruth: return to the home nation when a lonely old age

Ruth 1:6-22
Naomi heard that the Load had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughter-in-law prepared to return home from there.
Naomi looked two daughter-in-law as her daughter, she loves them so she asked them go back to their mother's home, and blessed them "May the Load grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband."
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth clung to her. "Don't urge me to leave you or to return 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. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Load deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." 
Naomi and Ruth went on until they came to Bethlehem. People of Bethehem was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?", Naomi told them "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara, because the Almighty has made me life very bitter. I went away full, but the Load has brought me back empty."
The time comes to say goodbye. Orpah , sorrowfully yield to Naomi's pressure to go home and hopefully marry again. But Ruth will not leave Naomi to a lonely old age. Her choice is Naomi's people ad significantly, Naomi's God.
When they reached Bethlehem in April, The barley harvest is looking good, but they have no fields to reap.
Why?
Naomi went back to her home nation, for there were nothing have to live in Moab. She has nothing except this tow daughter-in-law.
Ruth has very strong faith go with Naomi, and expressed her faith, even die will go with her mother-in-law and vowed to the Load.
When a people has the same situation is bitter, Naomi admitted it is the Load made. She went to Moab for food was a wrong decision.
How?
Under these situation, choose go home town to seek the hope is the best choice. There are a few familiar people, friend and the Load.
When I am getting older I like to go back to my home town also, but the most important is my real home is the place of the Load in heaven.

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