Worship into the Week- My People, My People

 

   

Worship into the Week- Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi

Ruth 1:1-19a

What a beautiful story of loyalty

when life got completed and things didn't go as planned.

Husbands lost. Families disrupted.

Life order out of order.

Things were changing and they 

were all stepping into the unknown.

But, this God of Naomi was a deep calling for 

trust from Ruth.

She was ready for whatever and wherever 

with them together.

Our middle daughter has a saying in their little family

 that is said together at meal time.

Hands held, with the meal prayer said, is a family chant. 

"My people, My people!"

 rings out as they smile at each other.

That is the chant of Ruth.

The part where Boaz comes in is not in the reading for today,

 but the idea of Kinsman Redeemer

 is significant for the rest of the story.

Ruth and Boaz become part of the

 heritage of Jesus himself.

I have often stood in Bethlehem at the field

 historically known as the field of Ruth and Boaz.

 Thinking about this story allows me

 to give thanks for my family. 

My story of "grafted into" the family of Jesus

allows me to say- My People, My People.

 I give great thanks for that great gift.

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