Comments on May 5th One Year Bible ReadingsTypePad2017-05-05T04:13:46ZOne Year Biblehttps://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/2017/05/may-5th-one-year-bible-readings/comments/atom.xml/Jane commented on 'May 5th One Year Bible Readings'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c5ebf53ef01b7c8f503b2970b2017-05-05T10:35:25Z2017-05-05T10:35:25ZJane Naomi carried her hurt with her. She was only human. Losing s husband and 2 Sons. But I believe She...<p>Naomi carried her hurt with her. She was only human. Losing s husband and 2<br />
Sons. But I believe She followed Gods call to leave her home and then Gods plan that Ruth would follow. Our God is amazing ! Preparing n paving ways for us. Having 3 DIL want to<br />
Follow a mother in law is a blessing! I love this story!! It shows there am be strong Mil and DIL bonds! Trust me I will hold onto that promise. . I find young adults this generation are too busy for their folks. I'm<br />
From old school traditions where you spend time with family n generations but times are changing . It hurts</p>Ramona commented on 'May 5th One Year Bible Readings'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c5ebf53ef01b8d27f3e06970c2017-05-05T04:14:37Z2017-05-05T04:21:56ZRamonaJudges 21:1-Ruth 1:22 Judges 21 And the Israelites came to the house of God [Bethel] and sat there until evening...<p>Judges 21:1-Ruth 1:22</p>
<p>Judges 21</p>
<p>And the Israelites came to the house of God [Bethel] and sat there until evening before God and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. [Judg. 20:27.] And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? (Judges 21:2-3 AMP)</p>
<p>Ya think the folks were really interested in what God had to say? I do it, we do it, the church does it—we make decisions based on what seems right to us, what looks right in our own eye failing to seek God’s voice, and if He does speak, we ignore Him. Yet, when faced with the consequences and fruit of our “nutty” behavior, we ask God why? Ain’t nothing new under the sun, but everything is fresh and renewed under the Son.</p>
<p>Ruth</p>
<p>Naomi's bitterness blinded her to the blessing God placed right in her household. Like many women today who have faithfully and dutifully followed there husband into a place where they should have never been, Naomi followed but became bitter. She was dutiful but angry and hurt because her husband took her from the House of Bread, during the time of famine, into a land and a people they should have shunned.</p>
<p>Looking at the names of the men pre-return from Moab, we probably get a hint of there character, and it wasn’t pretty.</p>
<p>Elimelech (Naomi’s Husband)= “my God is king” Now, here was a man that definitely didn’t live up to his name because he left the God who was his king and went to a land where Chemosh was the god of the land.</p>
<p>Mahlon (One of the husbands to Ruth or Orpah) = “sick” I picture a man who was always whining and miserable.</p>
<p>Chilion = “pining”</p>
<p>What did Ruth see in the God that Naomi served in spite of her mother-in-laws bitterness? Whatever it was, she recognized that she had everything to gain and nothing to loose if she failed to go back to her father’s house.</p>
<p>In Ruth’s behavior I see what it truly means to accept Jesus Christ: giving up everything you grew up with, everything you know and attaching yourself to the one true God. Ruth is an Old Testament example of a New Testament work, a changed mind (Romans 12:2) She forsook family, traditions, religion, everything that was familiar to her to follow after Israel’s God. Wow! She did what the Rich Young ruler would not. Have I given up ALL to follow Jesus, or am I hanging out with “Sick, Pining, and My God is king who had forgotten who the King really is?</p>
<p>Grace and peace,<br />
Ramona</p>