After a Long and eventful summer. I am back this time I am working through Ruth. I am ready to get started on a new bible study a new blog, and working to help other's understand Ruth. This summer the Lord showed me a lot. My husband who is only 29 had blood clots himself and scared the begebees out of me, which I wish he did not do. He is better now and back to his normal self. I am also teaching full time and have started an UNPUBLISHED journal of my adventures being a first year teacher. Sorry I am not sharing those stories.....at least not yet ;).
Ok so now I prayed a lot this summer. Read other devotions and really thought about what I wanted my next section of the Virtuous woman to be about. I figured I would focus on some of the woman in the bible since lets face it I am a woman and trying to be a woman of God so what better place to look then to the woman of God in the bible.......makes sense to me. So the Lord definitely spoke to me last week at church when my pastor made a profound statement and got me thinking about my prayer life and my quiet time. Here is the profound statement "If you prayed as hard as you work, would you be hired or fired?" WOW. Okay Lord I hear you loud and clear, my prayer life was not where it needed to be, let me tell you in the last 2 weeks, I have been diligent about my prayer life, and quiet time and not just doing it to do it but doing it because I LOVE the Lord.
A little bit about Ruth before we begin....
Ruth was a Moabite, she was a widow who ended marrying Boaz. She became an ancestor of King David, Since we know that Jesus was a descendant of David, he was also a descendant of Ruth. Naomi and Ruth had an amazing relationship. A lot of people now a days complain about the relationship with their mother in law however Naomi and Ruth had a great relationship,
To have a loyalty like Ruth....
In Ruth 1:8-10 Naomi tell's her daughter in laws: "Go return each of you to your mothers house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with me. The Lord grant that you may find rest in each of you in the house of her husband!" Then Naomi Kissed them and they lifted up thier voiced and wept. They said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people".
Wow how Ruth could say that to Naomi. Naomi wanted Ruth to return to her parents house and Ruth could not leave her. How many woman now a days would love to have this kind of relationship with their mother in law? Ruth saw Naomi as a mother, even though her husband had died she was still her family and treated Naomi the same. WOW!! Question to think upon.....How is my relationship with the family of my significant other?
I am pretty sure my relationship with my extended family on my husband's side is pretty good actually. I am very happy with the relationship we have and I feel welcome and loved when in the presence of my in laws. After reading the beginning of Ruth it really made me think about how people always tell Mother in law jokes, and how some people I know do not have the best relationships with their mother in laws. I wish we could all have the desire and love to have the same commitment to our extended families as Ruth did. Or how would marriages thrive better if we all had healthy relationships with our in laws or knew that if something happened to our husbands or wives that our inlaws would take us in and support us the way that Naomi did with Ruth? Just think about it.
Prayer: Lord, help me to want to have a relationship with my in laws that is honoring of my husband and you. please help me to understand that my extended family sees me as an extension of theirs. Lord thank you for my wonderful inlaws.
