Friday, May 4, 2018

Naomi and Ruth portrayed loyalty, friendship and commitment to each other and to God

Naomi and her family were force to moved from Judah, to the Land of Moab, during a great famine in their Land. Naomi's husband died, their two sons married to foreign women; then both sons died.  Naomi kiss her daughter in laws and bid them good bye, they wept and said to her, we will go back   with you to your people. Naomi said Return home my daughters, why would you come with me. I have no more sons who could become your husband, Return home, I am too old to have a husband.  Her daughter in laws wept again, and Oprah kissed her mother in law good bye and leave. But Ruth Replied, Ruth 1:16-17 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: For whither thou goest, I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where you die I will die, and where you berried I will be berried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me. Ruth accompanied Naomi,  adopting the Israelight  faith as her own; with the help of God and her mother in law, she met and married to a wealthy Israellight, named Boaz, and became the great grand mother of king David. Ruth was a  Gentiles Moabitess in the ancestry of Our Lord Jesus Christ.God's Love is universal.

1Samuel 1:9-18, The gift of children is a precious gift, in the life of a woman. Hannah was teased by her rival and knew the pain and struggles of constant reminder that her husband other wife laid on her. With tears she spoke to her husband Elkanah, who did not think her tears was justified.  Hannah brought her case to God. In the temple she speaks softly to God. Ely the priest who was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the LORD'S Temple. In bitterness of soul Hannah wept and prayed to God.  And she made a vow, saying, O Lord Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for   all the days of his life. And she kept praying, Ely saw her mouth moving but no words, Eli said to her how long will you keep on getting drunk? Hannah replied, I am a woman who is deeply troubled I    have not been drinking, I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. Eli answered; Go in peace and may  God  grant you what you have asked. she said may your servant find favor  in your eyes.

Hannah went home and were no longer sad. Hannah Conceived and gave birth to a son. She named Him Samuel. Hannah did not go up the family to offer their yearly Sacrifice to the LORD.  Hannah said to her husband: After their son is weaned, she will take him and present him before the LORD, and he will live their always. Elkanah  told his wife stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD made good his word. Hannah's heart rejoiced in the Lord. and in His Salvation. Hannah blessed the Lord, and said, my heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD, I smiled at my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. No one is holy like the LORD,  for there is none besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. After he was weaned, she brought him to the house  of the Lord and dedicates Samuel to the Lord. And Eli Blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD gave thee seed of this woman for the Loan which is lent to the LORD. they went home, and Hannah conceived, and she bare three sons and two daughters.And Samuel grew before the Lord.                                

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