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08 08 2007, 1:11 pm / Happy
Work it out!
Ruth 2:1-12
Ruth Meets Boaz
1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, from the clan of Elimelech, a man of standing, whose name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor."
Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter." 3 So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!"
"The LORD bless you!" they called back.
5 Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "Whose young woman is that?"
6 The foreman replied, "She is the Moabitess who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She went into the field and has worked steadily from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter."
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled."
10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?"
11 Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
Ruth had just endured tragedy, but that didn't stop her. She moved on with her life, decided to start over and worked hard at it. God placed Ruth in favor with Boaz, the riches man, because He honored her intentions and her pro activeness. She didn't dwell in her past, but decided to pick up her cross and follow Jesus and that meant daring to take on this challenge.
I encourage you to do the same. We must learn from life's experiences but not dwell in the should've, could've, would've's. The past cannot change, but your future could. When we put God first, pray intercede and if necessary fast for our needs and wants, God listens; and when we act upon it and make the extra effort to work towards our goals, God honors your heart by opening the doors necessary. We serve a mighty, merciful and loving God!
May you be blessed today and moved to take on that challenge that God has set before you. Even if you take a lickin', just keep on tickin'.
Luv you all in Christ,
Solmarie 
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