The Book Of | Ruth

{ Timeless Truth } 

You can always trust God to provide for your needs! 

{ Application }

  -  "What have I done to deserve such kindness?" Ruth 2:10

  -  "Now at last Naomi has a son again!" Ruth 4:17

      

   Naomi suffered first with the famine, then with her husband dying and then with her sons dying. Ruth lost her husband and was barren all ten years of their marriage, but God…but God was there. He provided for their every need. He orchestrated their lives to bring them through suffering into redemption; showing them His goodness and faithfulness. That is such a powerful testimony to me that when things seem hopeless and like I'll never see the end of the drought, God is there and He is trustworthy. God is so faithful to provide my basic needs as well as the things that I don't even know that I need. 

{ Point of Passion }

"Don't call me Naomi," she responded. "Instead, call me Mara," for the Almighty has made my life very bitter…"

    

   This passage made me sad because she felt she had suffered so much that she needed to change her name; to a negative name. Names and their meanings are so important and if makes me think of when we say God's name, especially in worship! God has so many names and each one means something different. When we sing His name it releases power and changes the atmosphere. "There is power in the name of Jesus, to break every chain."