"Being a Boaz pt 5: Project Redemption" - by Rev. Troy Benton

Sunday,

October 29, 2017

 

 

Ruth 2:19–23

(CEB)

¹⁹ Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? May the one who noticed you be blessed.”

She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

²⁰ Naomi replied to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who hasn’t abandoned his faithfulness with the living or with the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is one of our close relatives; he’s one of our redeemers.”

²¹ Ruth the Moabite replied, “Furthermore, he said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they’ve finished all of my harvest.’”

²² Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It’s good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, so that men don’t assault you in another field.”

²³ Thus she stayed with Boaz’s young women, gleaning until the completion of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

 

Isaiah 63: 15 - 19

15 Look down from heaven and see,

    from your holy and glorious perch.

Where are your energy and your might,

    your concern and your pity?

    Don’t hold back!

16 You are surely our father,

    even though Abraham doesn’t know us,

    and Israel doesn’t recognize us.

You, Lord, are our father;

    your reputation since long ago is that of our redeemer.

17 Why do you lead us astray, Lord,

    from your ways?

Why do you harden our heart

    so we don’t fear you?

Return for the sake of your servants

    the tribes that are your heritage!

18 Why did the wicked bring down your holy place?

    Why did our enemies trample your sanctuary?

19 For too long we have been like those you don’t rule,
    like those not known by your name.