No More Bitter
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed by the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Ruth 4:14
Reading:
Ruth 4:13-17; Matthew 1:1-6
What would it take to turn my bitterness away in favor of sweetness?
Does it matter to God that a name-loaded Bible passage is burdensome to me?
How readily do I accept an “outsider” into my circle?
How well do I relate to a repentant “sex sinner”?
Is there room in my congregation for Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba?
“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1).