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Let’s visit Ruth today. I hope you’ll come along with me. Her story rests between Judges and I Samuel. We arrive in time to see her gleaning in a field belonging to a man named Boaz. She’s picking up wheat dropped by the reapers. It’s the custom of that day. The reapers leave behind grain for the poor of the land to pick up for their food. Boaz, the owner of the field, notices her right away. She hasn’t gleaned in his field before. He asks his reapers, ‘Whose damsel is this?’ Meaning: Who is she? They tell him she’s…
In God’s heavenly bakery, you’ll find fresh “bread.” He is the Bread of Life. John 6:35 declares, “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he shall never thirst.” There must also be a huge mixing bowl in…
I heard a radio advertisement the other day for a home improvement company. They cheerily said that a typical home remodel can take days or weeks, cost a lot of money, and cause a real mess in your house. But if you choose us, they assured their listening audience that…
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Psalms 130:6 KJV “My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning” We often associate night with trials, and darkness with struggle and rough seasons of life. I don’t know about you, but I certainly do not enjoy harsh seasons, but rather I see them as something I need to suffer through, and claw my way out of, barely surviving. The above scripture in the New Living Translation says this “I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than…
We often hear people say they are going to “get away” for the weekend or go somewhere apart from the daily grind. We think of trips to the seashore or to the mountains to rejuvenate and refresh ourselves. This is not always an option as time and finances do not allow us the luxury. I have found there is nothing more refreshing and rejuvenating than to have time alone with God. When we face dark times, feel no one understands, or simply want to be alone and feel His love and care, we can slip away to a quiet place…
“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.” Isaiah 54:10 Is there anyone in the world that actually enjoys change? Most of us are creatures of habit, so when anything changes in the slightest, we definitely take notice! When I sense change coming, I fight it for as long as I can and then eventually surrender, realizing time and time again that I’ve made things so much harder for myself. There is one…
“And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.” I Samuel 2:20-21. We can never out give the Lord. Hannah proved this truth. She gave her most precious possession, the son she waited years for, to the Lord. As a mother, I can imagine how Hannah felt as she left Shiloh after…
