{ (Day 2) God's Hand in Our Luck }

Hello Everyone,
This morning after our run, Micah and I headed back to her house to start our Bible Study. Last night I made some of my Mom's Blueberry muffins. They are seriously the BEST blueberry muffins ever! Sadly I forgot to get a picture of them. While we ate our muffins we started sermon number two called "God's Hand in Our Luck". It was so good! Today we meet Boaz, who was a relative of Elimelech. Verse one tells us that he was a worthy man. Meaning he was a man of standing and most likely a man of wealth. His name meant strong. I think it's cool how throughout the book of Ruth they give you the meaning of the names. Now that Naomi and Ruth were in Bethlehem they had nothing left. No money and no food. Ruth then tells Naomi that she is going to go and glean in the fields. For Ruth to do this as a foreign woman was taking a big step of faith. It wasn't the safest thing for her to do, but she trusted that God would take care of her. Once again Pastor Mark talked about God's hand of Providence, he talked about how even when it didn't look like it, God was still at work. It was Providence that led Ruth to the field of Boaz. Now we move on in the story to when Boaz first meets Ruth. Mind you she isn't looking her best, she has been working in the fields most likely she is covered in dust and sweat. It makes me think about how appearances aren't everything. : )

Three things stood out to me in their first conversation.

{1} Boaz  told Ruth that he had told his men not to touch her, by doing this he was offering her safety. He also told her when she was thirsty she could go and drink of the water that his men had drawn, by doing this he is also taking care of her needs.

{2} Boaz was treating her like a sister. Which according to Paul is how young men are supposed to treat un-married young women. (1st Tim 5:2)

{3} After Boaz tells all of these things to Ruth she asks him a question in verse 10.

Then^(G) she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should^(H) take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?"

It makes me wonder if she had ever had someone treat her like this. 

Boaz answered by saying this:

¹¹But Boaz answered her,^(I) "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

I love his response. It really makes you think of how important it is to be a woman of character. What we do does count. I want to be a woman of character like Ruth. Her character spoke to him before she ever even spoke a word to him.

Another thing that stood out to me was when Pastor Mark talked about how there are two things that can happen with prayer. Sometimes prayer moves the hand of God, and other times it changes the heart of who is praying. I love this! Also sometimes God uses us to answer the prayer we are praying, we just have to be open to be used by Him.

That's all I am going to write tonight, I am very tired and in need of sleep. Tomorrow morning is going to come quickly.


Here is the intro for tomorrows sermon.

I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow!

In Him,
       ~Tressa