[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (PG as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
[9:00 am, 15/02/2022] S.R:
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"And they lifted up their
voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to
her."
Hmmm! The saints of the past had
described Orpah to be a worldly woman, and rightly so.
But I would like to present Orpah
in a better light. She had every reason to go back! Even Naomi persuaded her to
go back. She herself wanted to go with Naomi. Even when she left, she was with
a heavy heart.
Well, sinners (too, btw) have every
reason to turn their back on Christ! To become a Christian is beyond reason and
is the most difficult thing. The greatest decision in one's existence!
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"So she gleaned in the field πππ₯ππ
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Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of
barley."
Ruth was an industrious woman! Are
there a lot of such women around?
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"Then Naomi her mother-in-law
said to her, 'My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be
well with you?'"
Family members look out for one
another. Blood Family. Spiritual Family. Church Family. Work Family. Political
Family, etc.
Lord, do not let me
neglect my family members!
[6:40 pm, 18/02/2022] S.R: βπ¦π₯π
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"Moreover, I have acquired
Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the
name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will
not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are
witnesses today."
I never bothered to know or
memorize whose wife was Ruth (of Mahlon).
It's not that significant, but I
notice it differently today.