The secret is out which probably wasn't a secret at all just never spoken and still not spoken I just wrote it for all to see. On the previous blog of having very deep and strong feelings for this guy I like. WELL he (who shall not be named) read this blog of mine and found out my endless feelings for him. I mean this could be good or bad or creepy. Either way the secret is out or lack there of.
Needless to say, God is faithful and always will be. So, if all else fails I'll have my God.
Reading Ruth just a few days ago I realized that it's okay that my love be known.
Ruth is a story about three women- Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah. Naomi loses her husband and two sons to the famine. The mother of these men tell Ruth and Orpah to go back to their homeland and to leave her be. They weep and weep. Ruth looks to her and says "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.." (1:16-17) So, Ruth stays with Naomi and they head to Bethlehem.
Stopping here in the story..
How awful is it to lose your husband or your children? Pretty heart breaking. Naomi tells these girls to leave her and she wants to carry on alone when she has two girls that are left in her family. Naomi tells them
"Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have more sons, who could become your husbands? Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there were still hope for me-- even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons-- would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters..." (1:11-13)
She is telling them I have nothing to offer you leave me. I am no good to you anymore, BUT...
Look at the sacrifice Ruth has made for Naomi. The sacrifice of fully following Naomi to Bethlehem and telling her "I will follow you and love you and love the people you love and die where you die.." That's love. That's more then I could ever offer myself. It just speaks limits to how you have to hang on to everyone in your life. Ruth gave up so much and put Naomi first. It is clear that Ruth loves Naomi more then herself. Which literally just makes me want to love people that way.
"You must crucify your selfishness."
I want to put away my selfish feelings and just love others more then myself. I'll be honest.. I love myself a lot and I probably show it.
"I want to be like the Jesus I see in her."
And with Ruth being faithful to Naomi she works in a field collecting wheat. While doing this a kinsman named Boaz finds interest in Ruth. He gives her special treatment in a way by allowing her to eat with him. He even allows her to take some food home for Naomi.
Soooo down the road Boaz and Ruth get married. Which is huge for Biblical reasons.. LIKE the fact Ruth is in the line of David and if Ruth and Boaz didn't stay married..then no Jesus! Yay! God has a plan for everybody! Does(n't) he not?
"When you decide to live out what you believe. When you decide you want peace in your possession, then you will find out what that looks like & feels like. You begin to pray for God to give you love for others. You incorporate love fully in your relationships. You decide to respond differently. You speak in love. Act in tenderness. You imitate what you know about love until it becomes a reality for your character & your life."
It is so convicting. Dying to your desire. Dying to your flesh.
Quotes and photo taken from FAITH.
I pray for these in my life. And I pray for others to see them as well.
Farewell!
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