I am reading Ruth Chapter 1 and in a short space of time as you read you will see a family move to a strange land to sons taken up wives that lead to a mother being left with daughter in laws.
Ruth 1: 14-15 Daughter in law #1 Orpah: She is an example of an Acquaintance.
(Someone who says, Hi, bye tolerates you during the season but will leave when the mood seed fit for them to do so).
Ruth 1:16-18 Daughter in law #2 Ruth She is an example of a True Friend.
(she will do whatever, go wherever, be whatever as long as she is with the person she cares for).
What makes this soooo sweet and special is that Ruth was willing to forgo her culture and what she knows to be with a woman she has grown to admire, respect, and love.... True Friendship.
Do you have a Ruth in your Life?
Do you have only Orpah in your Life?
Here is the Truth and the Open Secret, everyone has a Ruth; His Name is Jesus...our True Friend.
Naomi said she came home empty (that was her flesh talking) but she came home so blessed because she had a True and Faithful Friend.
We must remember our situations may look dire, hard, and uncomfortable but if we open our eyes and see the goodness of our Faithful Friend, who says He will never leave us.
I am grateful for friendships.
It is friendship that remind me how I matter to Jesus and so now I write.... again.
Always with Love,
A.P.E.P.
Hello, glad to see you back and I say Blessings and Praises to God for Blessing and guiding you to start writing again. I need and enjoy reading what you have to share about God and life itself. Yes God is our true friend and I am thankful that He has given me true friends here on earth'
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