![]() So that by the end of the book she could say: The wonderful thing about the book of Ruth is that by the end of her book she has made a discovery, and that discovery was that her Redeemer lives and was working even in the most horrible times of her life. To avoid serious bouts of depression you need to learn to interrupt the chain of thoughts that would write in your mind the saddest book the world has ever read. It wasn't just one event it was a whole series of them, that even though they were separated by years they constituted in her mind her life story. She had things happen in her life that in her mind could not be happening if God loved her. Others were blest, others were happy, she was under a curse from God. She winds up reduced to living off of the charity of others. Then her family is destroyed financially, then her husband dies, then her one son, and finally her last son dies. First life seemed to be pretty good, she married into a wealthy family and seemingly devout man whose name means, "My God is King." But then things started to go south on her, she has two children born with serious sicknesses, in her society that would be thought of as a punishment or an abandonment from God. I could well imagine Ruth thought she was under a curse. He took the piece of clay that was marred and turned it into a masterpiece. The potter in Jeremiah 18 was a redeemer. It is one who goes after something they consider of value and claims it as their own. It is one who frees from the consequences of sin. We are studying the book of Ruth and I have entitled this series, "My Redeemer Lives"Ī redeemer is one who restores the honor worth and dignity of a thing. ![]()
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