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My Story

On By Judy GlasserIn MarchLeave a comment

It’s a story of redemption.  It’s my story because I needed a Redeemer, someone to fill up the hole that was deep within my soul.  I needed the Only One who could save me from eternal separation from God.

It’s clear to me that the story of Ruth in the Bible is the story of everyone who has put their faith in Jesus.  I can see God orchestrating his love and grace in every step of the story.  Without Jesus in our lives,  you and I would all exist in a famine, without hope – stuck in our past.

But in Jesus we have found our Redeemer!  Hallelujah!

Jesus paid the price of our sins for us so we could make him Lord of our lives and become part of his forever family.  When we admit that we need a Savior and turn away from our rebellion and sin while turning toward Jesus, we become filled with the power of the Holy Spirit under God’s umbrella of grace and blessing.

Have you made this decision?  It not, today is a great day to fill the emptiness inside your soul with the light of Jesus.

“Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsmen redeemer.” Ruth 4:14.

Thank you, Abba Father.

Blessed When Others Give

On By Judy GlasserIn March4 Comments

Ruth, a Moabite woman, decided to go back to her mother-in-law’s homeland with her after both of their husbands died.  We read in Ruth 2 that, when they got back to Bethlehem, Ruth went to the field of her clansmen to pick the leftover grain.march 22 2015 blessed by other's extras

This reminded me of the section we read in Deuteronomy a couple of weeks ago where God commanded the Israelites to leave the excess grain in the field after harvesting – they were not to go back over the field.  This excess was for the poor, the strangers and the widows in their community.

Now we see Ruth and Naomi benefitting from this command.

How interesting!

Especially considering that Ruth would become the great-grandmother of King David and this puts her in the lineage of Jesus.  She was an important person in our family of faith.

And God provided for her through other people giving away their excess.

We know God still does this today.  When we give ‘stuff’ away, others benefit.  God provides for others using the stuff that we clean out of our closets or our sheds or our garages.

That reminds me – there are a couple of tubs of ‘stuff’ in my shed I really need to go through.  I haven’t thought of those tubs since we moved in 4 years ago.  There might be some good things I can pass along as a blessing to someone else.  We obviously don’t use it  🙂

Please open our eyes, Abba Father.