Comfort In Our Tribulations

Ruth 2:2  

"And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, 

and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. 

And she said unto her, Go, my daughter." 

     Naomi had returned. She was no longer the happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced the depression of homesickness which often steals over the heart of the stranger. But the two women found comfort where sad hearts will always find it, first in God and then in ministry to each other, "Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." (2 Cor. 1:4).  In fact, Ruth’s devotion to her mother became the common talk of the village. 
    Notice the beautiful old time salutations between the employer and his employees. The omission of these courteous greetings is one of the mistakes of our modern civilization. We live in a time when the relations between employer and employee, between the church and church members, are strangely altered, because of financial and selfish reasons. Each tries to get as much as possible out of the other, and thus the personal touch is absent. 
    It's know that the human machine runs hard and sometimes breaks down. But Boaz was clearly a good man. He had won the respect of the whole neighborhood, and his tender words to the young stranger, saluting her as a nestling under the wings of Jehovah. My friends, let's strive to have more of  Boaz's character in our daily life.
Amen!

Reading: Ruth 2:1-13
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry