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 Thanks for listening.

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 Well, good morning.

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 Glad that you guys, excuse me, are with us today.

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 If you've got your Bibles with you, going to open them up to Ruth chapter 1

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 is where we are going to be.

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 As you turn there, it's the first Sunday of the month,

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 and so we'll be taking the Lord's Supper together at the very end of the service together this morning.

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 And so if you didn't grab your elements as you came in, please take the time now.

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 Head back to the back.

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 You can grab some of those for those that came with you.

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 And like I said, we'll give some instructions for those as we get there.

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 Well, I'm excited that we are now fully into, we're going to be going verse by verse through the book of Ruth over the next several weeks.

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 Last week, we kind of did an introduction where we kind of hit some of the themes that we're going to work through.

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 And then this morning, as we just sang that song, it's a reminder of one of our themes that we're going to go through.

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 And so before we get to where we're going, I want us to kind of preface it with a little bit through the words of Jesus.

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 And so I'm going to read to you out of Matthew chapter 7.

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 I want to read several verses as Jesus is teaching, and he says this.

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 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

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 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

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 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house, and it fell.

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 And great was the fall of it.

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 I read that passage to you before we get into Ruth this morning, because I feel like there's this tension in the lives of those who profess themselves and call themselves to be believers and followers of Jesus Christ.

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 And that for so many of us, where we come to is a conditional faith.

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 I'm standing there thinking about this morning.

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 I've been in ministry now for, whew, 21 years of my life.

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 And as I've walked through ministry, what I see so often in the lives of people who profess themselves to be believers,

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 is that when the rain comes, when the winds blow, when the floods rise, they check out.

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 When they walk away, they desert.

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 When we look at this passage of Scripture, there's the wise and the foolish.

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 Different outcomes happen in their life.

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 But the same thing happens to both of them.

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 The storms come.

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 Oftentimes, a garbage that is taught from pulpits, that's embraced by many believers,

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 is that when we give our lives to the Lord, our lives become easy.

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 If we're faithful to the Lord, then our lives will always be pleasant.

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 That if we're truly devoted followers of Jesus Christ, then what comes our way is prosperity in its many different forms.

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 But Jesus doesn't say that.

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 The Bible doesn't say that.

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 And what we're going to get into, Ruth, over the next four weeks, definitely doesn't lead us there.

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 That the storms come.

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 The rain falls.

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 The wind beats.

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 The flood rises.

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 And what matters is the foundation.

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 What matters is where our faith is rooted in.

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 You see, it doesn't take away the storm, but it lets us press on through the storm.

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 Right?

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 And so as we look at this, as we look at Ruth, like, it's going to cause us to wrestle with how we view ourselves.

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 It's going to wrestle with how we view our lives.

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 And I'm going to be honest with you.

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 It's going to wrestle with how we view the Lord.

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 And we're going to see his faithfulness.

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 So let's start reading Ruth chapter 1, starting in verse 1.

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 Read verses 1 through 5.

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 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem and Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

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 And the name of the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi.

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 And the names of his two sons were Malan and Chilion, and they were Ephratites from Bethlehem and Judah.

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 They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

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 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died.

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 She was left with her two sons.

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 These took Moabite wives.

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 The names of one was Orpah, and the name of the other, Ruth.

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 They lived there about ten years.

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 And both Malan and Chilion died.

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 So that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

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 Let's pause there for a few moments.

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 Well, these first five verses kind of set a tone.

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 And I think we could all agree as we read through this, it's not a good tone.

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 But I want to remind us what we're going to see, what we're going to experience,

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 and what we're going to walk through over these four chapters.

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 That even when the beginning of this tone isn't good,

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 we can be reminded of the faithfulness and providence of God, both in and through sorrow.

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 That what we're going to see in here is that even though we're in sorrow,

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 even though we're going through sorrow,

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 like we can all yes and amen,

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 and we're going to understand a little bit more of what's happening here in these first five verses.

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 None of us are signing up for this intentionally.

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 None of us desire this.

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 But what we will see is the faithfulness and the providence of God,

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 both in the sorrow and through the sorrow.

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 So let's look at a handful of things from these five verses

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 that help us understand exactly what is happening in this story.

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 Well, the first verse tells us that the story of Ruth happens during the time of the Judges.

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 Now, the book of Judges is the book right before this.

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 And if you want to read through this in your quiet time,

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 I would encourage you to do so as we journey through this.

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 But the book of Judges largely is a time of failure for the people of Israel, for God's people.

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 And as you read through the book of Judges, you will see a pattern that unfolds.

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 And here is the pattern in simple terms.

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 God's people sin,

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 And then God in his justice gives them over to an enemy.

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 And this nation, this people, rules over God's people.

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 And then eventually, God's people cry out to him to save them.

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 And so God in his justice has turned them over.

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 And now God in his mercy raises up a judge who delivers them and saves them.

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 And if you've read through Judges,

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 and I was thinking, I think it was a couple of years ago that we walked through that together as a church

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 where we looked at the different judges that God sends.

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 What you see is that there's a season of peace

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 until God's people fall into a pattern of sin.

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 And then the process starts all over again, right?

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 It honestly feels like doing laundry at my house, you know?

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 Like, y'all know that feeling when all the hampers are empty

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 except for the clothes that you're wearing, right?

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 That's the only dirty thing.

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 And then the next day, it's filled up and overflowing again, right?

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 Like, how did we get back here, right?

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 Like, this feels like God's people, right?

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 Just coming over and over and over again.

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 So as we read through this,

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 we'll know that this is the pattern that we're going to see

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 and that we're going to experience in the people.

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 But then also that it tells us that there was a famine in the land, all right?

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 I laughed at myself this morning because I thought of this.

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 Erin will laugh at me as well because she knows that I do stuff like this.

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 So a few months ago, we realized that we needed pasta, all right?

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 We needed spaghetti pasta.

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 And I didn't care.

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 Angel hair pasta, thin pasta, thick spaghetti pasta.

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 It didn't matter.

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 We needed like a box of pasta.

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 And so I go to the grocery store to get pasta.

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 And I couldn't find it.

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 I could find elbow macaroni.

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 They had the multicolored corkscrew stuff.

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 They had the lasagna.

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 They had gluten-free but not going there, right?

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 But no spaghetti.

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 And I panicked.

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 I panicked.

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 And I went to three different grocery stores.

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 No spaghetti, no spaghetti, no spaghetti, no spaghetti, right?

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 And then I went to another grocery store and I found spaghetti.

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 And I bought 12 pounds of it.

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 Now, not my greatest moment, right?

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 Erin's nodding her head, right?

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 She's like, yep, that's my husband, right?

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 But that's what we do, right?

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 In South Carolina, it's going to get below 40 degrees with a slight chance of rain

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 and try to find milk or bread at the store, right?

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 It's gone.

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 It's gone, right?

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 Now, we live through moments of inconvenience in where we live.

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 No greater struggle than not being able to find spaghetti, right?

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 But they're going through famine.

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 They're going through famine.

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 There's discussions in the Bible, and we can see things in different areas,

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 even in the world in which we live, where famine means death.

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 There's no food to eat, and the people die.

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 And we see from the very beginning on of this story

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 that that's the dynamic that Naomi and her family,

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 where they find themselves.

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 And this is going to be an important piece.

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 That Naomi, I believe, as she's walking through this,

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 Naomi, who is living in the time of the judges,

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 we don't exactly know when in that period of Israel's history that we find Naomi,

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 but she knows the patterns, and she knows God's Word.

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 In Leviticus 26, and I apologize, it's not on the screen,

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 verses 3 and 4, God says,

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 if you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,

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 then I will give you your rains in their season,

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 and the land shall yield its increase,

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 and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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 Naomi knows who's bringing on the famine.

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 You see, part of this story of what we're walking through

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 is Naomi knows that she's going through these difficulties of what's there.

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 She knows where the difficulties are coming from.

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 The difficulties are coming from the Lord.

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 And so from the very beginning,

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 Naomi's going to struggle and wrestle with this.

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 And we wrestle with this as well.

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 That even though things are bad, God is still in control.

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 And that God even causes and uses things that we think are bad

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 to draw us to Him and to grow our faith.

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 You see, God uses storms and rain and wind and floods

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 to bring those into our life,

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 to draw us closer to Him,

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 to build our faith in Him,

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 and to lay our roots in who He is.

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 Our God is a God who both manages calamity

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 and manages the rescue from it as well.

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 We've got to understand this as we read through Ruth.

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 That this is the tension that we're going to see,

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 the tension that we're going to feel.

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 It's what they've experienced and judges, right?

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 It continues on.

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 So things are bad.

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 So Naomi, with all of her family, they go to Moab.

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 Now God has said,

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 stay away from places like Moab.

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 And I want to talk about what some people think

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 and what we believe and what we feel like Scripture points to.

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 Some people have used this as a racial dynamic.

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 God says,

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 do not go to Moab because of the mixing of the races that could exist.

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 But it's not a race issue that we see.

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 It's a religious matter.

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 You see,

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 Moabs were pagan in a common practice with God's people

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 where they were holy and set apart,

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 but yet they continue to intermarry within those that were pagans.

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 And what would continually happen more times than not

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 is those who were followers of the Lord

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 would bring in the concepts of the pagans, right?

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 It's what we saw as we walked through our series in 1 Corinthians

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 of we're to be different.

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 We're to be set apart.

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 And so God says,

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 don't go there.

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 Don't do this.

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 And so as we're building through these first several things here,

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 right, things are bad for Naomi.

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 There's this great famine in her homeland.

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 They're fleeing to a foreign country that says,

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 God says, don't go.

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 But then things get worse.

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 If you feel like famine isn't bad enough,

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 packing up and going to the land you're not supposed to go to

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 as if it isn't bad enough.

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 And when they get there,

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 things get worse.

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 Elimelech, her husband's die.

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 Her sons marry women.

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 Now we're going to see the redemption in this,

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 but in this for Naomi in the beginning,

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 her sons marry daughters that culturally

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 they're not supposed to marry.

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 Her sons die,

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 and there's no children,

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 no more of her own,

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 and none of theirs.

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 And this happens

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 over the course of 10 years.

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 You're talking about like a difficult stretch to go through.

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 Like we're not talking about a bad weekend.

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 We're not talking about a bad week.

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 We're not talking about a bad year.

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 We're not even talking about a bad season.

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 We're talking about a bad decade.

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 And we're time and time again,

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 what we see in the life of Naomi.

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 Now,

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 now if the story ended here,

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 five verses in,

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 right?

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 Then there isn't much hope for the story.

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 But,

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 but the life of Naomi,

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 what we see in the book of Ruth,

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 is the reminder of the faithfulness

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 and the providence of God

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 in and through sorrow.

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 And it's beginning the framework

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 of the storm.

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 It's given us the framework

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 of the flood

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 so that we can see all

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 that God is going to do.

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 let's,

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 let's talk about this life.

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 Let's talk about your life.

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 Let's talk about my life.

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 Now,

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 if we use comparisons,

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 I would agree

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 that the events of life

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 are seemingly easier

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 for some than others,

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 right?

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 Like we can all see that.

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 We can see people

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 who we feel like in their life,

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 they've got it a little bit easier than us.

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 And we see

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 and we look at other people's

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 whose lives

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 and we recognize

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 that we have it

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 a little easier than them.

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 But the truth of life is this.

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 Life is hard for everyone.

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 All of us

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 go through these battles,

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 whether you're a believer or not.

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 All of us walk through

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 moments and days

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 and weeks

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 and seasons

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 and years of difficulty.

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 All of us walk through

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 and experience that.

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 And what we have to glean to

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 is us as believers

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 who are to be different

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 in this world

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 is this.

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 Do we trust

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 who God is

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 during all of the seasons

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 of life?

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 During all of the decades

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 of life?

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 During all of the years

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 of life?

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 Or

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 the moment the wind blows,

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 the moment the rain falls,

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 the moment the flood rise,

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 we go,

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 now I'm out.

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 I'm out.

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 who are we going to be?

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 And so do we trust God

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 but then also,

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 and this is the part

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 that we're going to begin

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 to see

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 in Ruth herself,

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 do we live

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 as one who trusts God

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 in all seasons?

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 Do we live

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 as the one who trusts God

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 in all seasons?

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 Like it's very easy

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 for us to say,

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 I trust the Lord.

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 But is that the marking

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 of our life?

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 Is it the tangible evidence

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 of who we are

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 and what is there,

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 right?

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 And so Naomi

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 is a woman

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 who is honest

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 about her life.

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 This is what I appreciate

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 about her.

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 She is honest

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 about her life

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 and where she is

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 with the Lord,

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 right?

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 She doesn't sugarcoat it,

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 right?

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 So let's look at

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 what happens

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 in verse 6.

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 It says,

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 and then she arose

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 with her daughters-in-law

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 to return

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 from the country

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 of Moab

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 for she had heard

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 in the fields

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 of Moab

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 that the Lord

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 had visited

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 his people

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 and given them food.

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 So Naomi hears

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 that 10 years later,

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 right?

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 The famine is over.

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 So go to verse 7.

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 So she set out

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 from the place

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 where she was

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 with her two daughters-in-law

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 and they went on the way

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 to return

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 to the land of Judah.

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 But Naomi said

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 to her two daughters-in-law,

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 go return each of you

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 to your mother's house

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 that may the Lord

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 deal kindly with you

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 as you have dealt

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 with the dead

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 and with me.

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 Then the Lord grant you

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 that you may find rest

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 each of you

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 in the house

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 of her husband.

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 And then she kissed them

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 and they lifted up

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 their voices

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 and wept.

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 So let's kind of pause

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 for a second.

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 Not out of anger

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 to her daughters-in-law.

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 Not out of spite.

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 Naomi's not looking at them

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 in anger

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 but out of love

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 she looks at Ruth.

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 She looks at Orpah

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 and says

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 like your lives

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 will be better

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 if you stay here.

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 So go have a family.

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 Go find new husbands.

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 Go be with your family

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 and kind of look

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 at this day

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 as a do-over.

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 A restart.

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 A refresh

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 from where you've been

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 and where I have to go.

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 In verse 10

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 and they said to her

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 no we will return

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 with you

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 to your people.

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 But Naomi said

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 turn back my daughters

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 why will you go with me?

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 Have I yet sons

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 in my womb

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 that may become

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 your husbands?

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 Turn back my daughters

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 go your way

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 for I am too old

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 to have a husband.

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 If I should say

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 I have hope

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 even if I should

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 have a husband

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 this night

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 and should bear sons

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 would you therefore

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 wait till they were grown?

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 Would you therefore

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 refrain from marrying?

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 No my daughters

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 for it is exceedingly

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 bitter to me

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 for your sake

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 that the hand of the Lord

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 has gone out

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 against me.

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 And so what I want us

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 to look at here

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 is the reality

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 of misery

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 in the life

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 of a believer.

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 You have some things

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 that Naomi

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 is working with here.

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 We're going to see

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 the faith

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 we're going to see

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 the belief

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 we're going to see

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 all of these things

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 from Naomi

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 but the reality

00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:21.460
 is where she

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 finds herself

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:24.220
 in this moment

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 is stuck in misery.

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 She's down

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 she's depressed

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 she feels lost

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 and abandoned

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 and I don't know

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 about you

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 but have you ever

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 felt like

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 everybody

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 just get away

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 from me

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 because everything

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:39.820
 I touch

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.620
 just falls apart.

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 And Naomi

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.680
 in the midst

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.420
 of her depression

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:46.080
 in the midst

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.500
 of where she

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.300
 finds herself

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 this is what

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 she says

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:50.240
 just stay

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 away

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 go

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 my daughters

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 go away

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 from me

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 and we see

00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:56.500
 the misery

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.040
 of Naomi.

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 In spite of all

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 that Naomi

00:22:00.260 --> 00:22:01.300
 has experienced

00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:02.660
 in her walk

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.160
 with the Lord

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 in spite of all

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.560
 that she has

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.520
 walked through

00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:07.460
 in the past.

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.580
 She knows

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.100
 the story

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.820
 of the exodus.

00:22:10.260 --> 00:22:10.800
 She knows

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.740
 God's faithfulness.

00:22:12.040 --> 00:22:12.660
 She knows

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.420
 who he is.

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.240
 She knows

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.200
 what he can do

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.180
 in spite of

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.120
 all of that.

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:17.860
 She knows

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.480
 his mercy.

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.240
 She knows

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.040
 his faithfulness.

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.740
 She knows

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.400
 his miracles.

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.260
 She knows

00:22:22.260 --> 00:22:22.940
 his promises.

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.900
 She knows

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.660
 his deliverance.

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 She can't

00:22:25.760 --> 00:22:26.920
 see beyond

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.600
 the last

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 ten years

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 of her life.

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.280
 She finds

00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:32.900
 herself stuck

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.140
 there.

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 The stories

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:35.920
 of the

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.580
 chapters

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.340
 of who

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:38.000
 God is

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.340
 are not

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.700
 what's

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.300
 fresh

00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:39.640
 and it's

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.320
 the reality

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.920
 that she's

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.880
 lived in

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.720
 to go away.

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 And I think

00:22:45.540 --> 00:22:46.000
 it's important

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.540
 for us to

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:46.860
 remember

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:48.140
 that when

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.800
 times of

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.180
 struggle

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.600
 in our

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:49.960
 lives

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.400
 come

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:52.180
 it doesn't

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.660
 change

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.160
 who God

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.560
 is

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:55.360
 but the

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.960
 times that

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.700
 we face

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:58.680
 can change

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.140
 what we

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.620
 remember

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.320
 about him

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:01.720
 and how

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.200
 we see

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.520
 him.

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.120
 Right?

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.420
 As somebody

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.980
 that's walked

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.420
 through their

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.260
 own battles

00:23:06.260 --> 00:23:07.760
 with depression

00:23:07.760 --> 00:23:08.800
 and anxiety

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:09.320
 and the

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.960
 frustrations

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.380
 of this

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.680
 life

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.320
 who's felt

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.000
 lost and

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.440
 abandoned

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.000
 and cast

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.260
 out

00:23:13.260 --> 00:23:13.880
 who's felt

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.220
 like he's

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.760
 being punished

00:23:14.760 --> 00:23:15.080
 for the

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.540
 things that

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:15.760
 have been

00:23:15.760 --> 00:23:16.260
 done

00:23:16.260 --> 00:23:16.940
 like trust

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.080
 me

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:18.120
 you can

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.660
 walk

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.020
 through

00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.640
 the times

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.240
 of struggle

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.700
 and it

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.140
 begin to

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.800
 affect

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:22.700
 all that

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.260
 you know

00:23:23.260 --> 00:23:23.940
 all that

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.140
 you've

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.660
 been taught

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.300
 all that

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.540
 you've

00:23:25.540 --> 00:23:25.820
 walked

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.100
 through

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.680
 but it

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.060
 can change

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:29.180
 what we

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.700
 remember

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.480
 about God

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.040
 and how

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.500
 we see

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.760
 him.

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.460
 And that's

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.680
 where we

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.400
 find Naomi

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.820
 and so

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:36.180
 what we

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.800
 see in

00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.160
 her

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.820
 in this

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.420
 is the

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.220
 perception

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.920
 of hope

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.620
 lost.

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.580
 Naomi thinks

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:42.900
 like it's

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.240
 done

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.640
 there's no

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.300
 hope for

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.760
 my life

00:23:44.760 --> 00:23:45.220
 there's no

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.980
 future for

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.420
 my life

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.940
 and if

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.440
 you come

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.160
 with me

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.740
 then there's

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.280
 no hope

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:49.740
 there's no

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.600
 future for

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.520
 you as

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:51.860
 well

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:53.420
 because hope

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.940
 for Naomi

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.220
 would be

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.380
 found

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.600
 in the

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:54.900
 sun

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.480
 and her

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.840
 husband

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.080
 is

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.400
 gone

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.420
 her

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.940
 sons

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.140
 are

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.520
 gone

00:23:59.520 --> 00:24:00.500
 she

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.700
 has

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.160
 no

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.600
 other

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.520
 sons

00:24:02.520 --> 00:24:02.820
 there's

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.040
 no

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:04.040
 grandsons

00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:04.320
 there's

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:05.080
 no hope

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.340
 in the

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.700
 future

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.300
 for that

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:07.620
 and so

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.160
 in that

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.360
 her

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.160
 protection

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.520
 her

00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:10.460
 safety

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.160
 her means

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.680
 to provide

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.300
 for herself

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:12.880
 they're

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.160
 all

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.960
 gone

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.660
 and it

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.980
 may seem

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.320
 weird

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.940
 for us

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.680
 but we

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.360
 talked last

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.940
 week a little

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.440
 bit about a

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.080
 Jewish custom

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.480
 that I want

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.040
 to bring

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.480
 back up

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.900
 this week

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.240
 known as

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.000
 the kinsman

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.480
 redeemer

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.780
 and here

00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:26.360
 was the

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.640
 custom

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:26.880
 a little

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.220
 bit more

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.720
 fleshed

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:27.940
 out

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.260
 and we'll

00:24:28.260 --> 00:24:28.760
 look at

00:24:28.760 --> 00:24:28.920
 a little

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.180
 bit more

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.440
 in a couple

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.760
 weeks

00:24:29.760 --> 00:24:30.400
 but the

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.740
 custom

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.120
 said that

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.360
 if a

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.600
 man

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.280
 died

00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:33.580
 then his

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.140
 brothers

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.580
 or a

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.880
 close

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.620
 family

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.160
 member

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.020
 was

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.360
 supposed

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.940
 to marry

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.640
 the widow

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:40.080
 in order

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.880
 to preserve

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.820
 the name

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.640
 of the dead

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:42.940
 man

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.460
 and to care

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.800
 for her

00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:44.380
 so when

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.840
 Naomi

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.560
 says to

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:46.780
 her daughters

00:24:46.780 --> 00:24:47.600
 like your

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.100
 sons are

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.340
 dead

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.600
 and I

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.060
 have no

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.380
 more

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.200
 sons

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.220
 what she's

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.640
 saying is

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.440
 there's no

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.820
 hope for

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.080
 you in

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.420
 marriage

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:56.520
 so you're

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:56.780
 going to be

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.340
 right where

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.800
 I am

00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.380
 with just

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.340
 more years

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.040
 to live

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.540
 through it

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:02.000
 and I say

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.420
 it's the

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.060
 perception

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:04.600
 because Naomi's

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.160
 depression

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.060
 where she

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.780
 is has

00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.340
 driven her

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.940
 and she's

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.400
 forgotten

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.220
 about the

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.540
 Lord

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:09.900
 she's

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.280
 forgotten

00:25:10.280 --> 00:25:10.800
 about the

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.160
 options

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.640
 she's

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.040
 forgotten

00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:12.540
 about what

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.040
 God can

00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:13.280
 do

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:13.760
 she's

00:25:13.760 --> 00:25:14.080
 forgotten

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.420
 about

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.100
 Boaz

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:17.240
 of what

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.400
 we're

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.580
 going to

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:17.820
 see

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:19.780
 and so

00:25:19.780 --> 00:25:20.420
 many times

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.900
 I find

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.120
 in the

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.460
 life of

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.880
 a believer

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.100
 that when

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.320
 we're

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.760
 walking

00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:24.080
 through

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.420
 this

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.320
 seasons

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:26.740
 the

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.520
 reality

00:25:27.520 --> 00:25:29.140
 of what

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.840
 is truth

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.920
 before us

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.600
 creates

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.080
 within

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.780
 us

00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:34.940
 a misleading

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.120
 perception

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.940
 that hope

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.320
 is gone

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:39.660
 and so we

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.100
 live our

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.580
 lives

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:42.160
 claiming

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.380
 to

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.940
 trust

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.280
 claiming

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.540
 to

00:25:44.540 --> 00:25:44.920
 know

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.060
 all

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.220
 of

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.340
 who

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.620
 God

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.020
 is

00:25:47.020 --> 00:25:48.800
 but

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:48.940
 with

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.100
 the

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.360
 same

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.740
 mindset

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:49.980
 as

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.320
 Naomi

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:52.240
 look at

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.440
 verse

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.960
 14

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:55.420
 then

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.560
 they

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.040
 lifted up

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.180
 their

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.560
 voices

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:56.840
 and

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.080
 wept

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.460
 again

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:59.280
 and

00:25:59.280 --> 00:25:59.540
 Orpah

00:25:59.540 --> 00:25:59.800
 kissed

00:25:59.800 --> 00:25:59.980
 her

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.680
 mother-in-law

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:06.520
 I love

00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:06.900
 these words

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.340
 but Ruth

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.920
 clung to

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.180
 her

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:10.340
 and she

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.780
 said

00:26:10.780 --> 00:26:11.120
 see

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.240
 your

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.880
 sister-in-law

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.260
 has gone

00:26:13.260 --> 00:26:13.660
 back to

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.140
 her people

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.440
 and to

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.180
 her gods

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.640
 return

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.120
 after your

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.800
 sister-in-law

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:20.720
 but Ruth

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.060
 said

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.380
 do not

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.000
 urge me

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.860
 to leave

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.140
 you

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.600
 or to

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.040
 return

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.300
 from

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:24.680
 following

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:24.980
 you

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.640
 so where

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.480
 you go

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.140
 I will

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.600
 go

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.180
 and where

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.960
 you lodge

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.580
 I will

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.060
 lodge

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.860
 your people

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.280
 shall be

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.840
 my people

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.500
 and my

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.880
 God

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.540
 your God

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.220
 where you

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.660
 die

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.340
 I will

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.760
 die

00:26:35.760 --> 00:26:36.680
 and there

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.280
 I will

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:38.000
 be buried

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.460
 may

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.680
 the

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.000
 Lord

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.320
 do

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:39.580
 so

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.880
 to

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.220
 me

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.840
 and

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.060
 more

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.520
 also

00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:41.840
 if

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.380
 anything

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.020
 but

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:43.680
 death

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.320
 parts

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.640
 me

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.120
 from

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.340
 you

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.780
 and

00:26:46.780 --> 00:26:46.920
 where

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.100
 we

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.460
 see

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.620
 in

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:47.800
 this

00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:48.180
 moment

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.560
 is

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:49.960
 Ruth's

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.580
 faithfulness

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:52.920
 we talked

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.240
 about this

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.780
 last week

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:54.040
 and just

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.300
 a little

00:26:54.300 --> 00:26:54.920
 precursor

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.380
 before we

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.020
 get into

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.300
 this

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:56.500
 it's

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.640
 the

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.140
 continual

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.680
 reminder

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.060
 that

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.340
 God

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.480
 is

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.600
 the

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:58.780
 hero

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:58.920
 of

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.020
 the

00:26:59.020 --> 00:26:59.300
 story

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.840
 God

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.000
 is

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.120
 the

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.300
 hero

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:01.440
 of

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.560
 the

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:01.840
 story

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.060
 God

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.140
 is

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.220
 going

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.280
 to

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.360
 do

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.480
 a

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.680
 work

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:03.800
 in

00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:04.140
 Naomi

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.380
 God

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.460
 is

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.620
 doing

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.820
 a

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.120
 work

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.340
 through

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.920
 Ruth

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.100
 God

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.180
 is

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.260
 going

00:27:06.260 --> 00:27:06.340
 to

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:06.500
 paint

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.640
 a

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:06.920
 picture

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.100
 in

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.200
 the

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.400
 life

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.580
 of

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:10.340
 Boaz

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.700
 and

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:10.880
 all

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.000
 that

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.120
 we're

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.220
 going

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.280
 to

00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.480
 see

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.620
 but

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:12.760
 the

00:27:12.760 --> 00:27:13.100
 hero

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.280
 of

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.400
 the

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.920
 story

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.140
 is

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.280
 the

00:27:14.280 --> 00:27:14.520
 Lord

00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.560
 and

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:15.680
 what

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:15.800
 we're

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:15.880
 going

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:15.960
 to

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.240
 see

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.540
 as we

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:17.120
 break

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.400
 down

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.780
 as we

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.220
 look

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.620
 through

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.320
 this

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:20.000
 covenant

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.800
 relationship

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.340
 that

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.760
 Ruth

00:27:21.760 --> 00:27:22.140
 forms

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.340
 with

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.700
 Naomi

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.280
 here

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:23.500
 in

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.900
 this

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.260
 moment

00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:24.600
 it's

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:24.720
 going

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.800
 to

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.180
 remind

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.320
 us

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.420
 of

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.560
 the

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:25.820
 covenant

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.460
 relationship

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.880
 of

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.020
 what

00:27:27.020 --> 00:27:27.260
 God

00:27:27.260 --> 00:27:27.480
 has

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.640
 with

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.980
 us

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:29.540
 so

00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:29.700
 let's

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:29.880
 look

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.020
 at

00:27:30.020 --> 00:27:30.320
 Ruth's

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.940
 faithfulness

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.580
 she

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.020
 says

00:27:33.020 --> 00:27:33.240
 to

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.780
 Naomi

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:35.360
 I'm

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.560
 willing

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:35.800
 to

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.100
 leave

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.340
 my

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.780
 family

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:38.180
 she

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.340
 says

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.480
 if

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.660
 you're

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.040
 going

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:40.260
 I'm

00:27:40.260 --> 00:27:40.480
 going

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.780
 with

00:27:40.780 --> 00:27:41.020
 you

00:27:41.020 --> 00:27:42.320
 there's

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:42.480
 no

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.780
 turning

00:27:42.780 --> 00:27:43.220
 back

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:45.060
 she

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.840
 embraces

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.200
 in

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.440
 this

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.940
 moment

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.860
 widowhood

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.100
 and

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.800
 childlessness

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.300
 forever

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:52.220
 she

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.840
 knows

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.800
 or

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.480
 believes

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.600
 that

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:55.820
 there's

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:55.980
 no

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.380
 option

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.640
 for

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:56.980
 marriage

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.180
 for

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.460
 her

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.960
 and

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.160
 she

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.600
 knows

00:27:59.600 --> 00:27:59.820
 or

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.420
 believes

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.680
 that

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:01.880
 there's

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.020
 no

00:28:02.020 --> 00:28:02.560
 opportunity

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.300
 for

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:03.540
 her

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:03.700
 to

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:03.880
 have

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.020
 a

00:28:04.020 --> 00:28:04.360
 child

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.700
 and

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:05.900
 she

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.220
 says

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.620
 this

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.660
 where

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:07.940
 you

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.560
 die

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.900
 I

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.140
 will

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.640
 die

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:14.300
 Ruth's

00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:15.000
 faithfulness

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.420
 goes

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.840
 beyond

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.080
 the

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.340
 death

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.480
 of

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.600
 her

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.760
 mother

00:28:16.760 --> 00:28:16.900
 in

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.080
 law

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:18.820
 it's

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.020
 not

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.380
 even

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.640
 well

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.080
 I'll

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.260
 go

00:28:21.260 --> 00:28:21.540
 with

00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:21.840
 you

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:23.100
 and

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.280
 when

00:28:23.280 --> 00:28:23.460
 you

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.680
 die

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.860
 then

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.020
 I'll

00:28:24.020 --> 00:28:24.180
 come

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.600
 back

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:26.380
 no

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.560
 the

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.140
 faithfulness

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.240
 of

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.360
 what

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.480
 she

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.900
 has

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.100
 she

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.360
 says

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.500
 when

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.900
 you

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.240
 die

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.860
 there

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.100
 I'll

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.260
 die

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:32.480
 too

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:35.540
 and

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:35.700
 your

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.260
 family

00:28:36.260 --> 00:28:37.880
 will

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.060
 be

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.360
 my

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.880
 family

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.300
 forever

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:43.180
 and

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.300
 then

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.460
 the

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.720
 beauty

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:43.940
 and

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.660
 the

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:44.920
 hope

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.100
 of

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.440
 this

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.920
 Naomi

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.240
 had

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.520
 told

00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:48.940
 Orpah

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.180
 to

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.400
 go

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.660
 back

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:49.860
 to

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.120
 her

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.820
 little

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.340
 g

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.080
 gods

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:54.800
 but

00:28:54.800 --> 00:28:55.160
 Ruth

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.600
 says

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.980
 but

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.200
 my

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.660
 faith

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.280
 is

00:28:59.280 --> 00:28:59.420
 in

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.560
 your

00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.880
 God

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:02.160
 in

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.300
 spite

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.420
 of

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.600
 all

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.740
 that

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:02.920
 we've

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.140
 gone

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.360
 through

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.480
 in

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.640
 spite

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.760
 of

00:29:03.760 --> 00:29:04.040
 all

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.260
 that

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:04.460
 we've

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.060
 experienced

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.460
 in

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.560
 spite

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:05.680
 of

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.000
 all

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.140
 of

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.240
 the

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.460
 death

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.600
 and

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:06.920
 pain

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.280
 and

00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:07.400
 in

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.540
 spite

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:07.660
 of

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.840
 what

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.020
 no

00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:08.260
 longer

00:29:08.260 --> 00:29:08.460
 what

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.580
 we

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:08.720
 can

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.240
 understand

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.660
 of

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.880
 what

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.300
 awaits

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:10.500
 us

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.660
 when

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.800
 we

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.380
 return

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:13.100
 my

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.640
 faith

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.540
 is

00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:14.760
 in

00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:14.920
 your

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.320
 God

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.620
 look at

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:16.780
 verse

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:17.180
 18

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:20.040
 and

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:20.200
 when

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.600
 Naomi

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.060
 saw

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.980
 that

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.120
 she

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.300
 was

00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:22.680
 determined

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.020
 to go

00:29:23.020 --> 00:29:23.220
 with

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.460
 her

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.640
 she

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:24.900
 said

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.080
 no

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.360
 more

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:27.120
 so

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.260
 the

00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:27.480
 two

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.680
 of

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.880
 them

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.140
 went

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.460
 on

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.680
 until

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:28.840
 they

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.100
 came

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.260
 to

00:29:29.260 --> 00:29:29.780
 Bethlehem

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:31.100
 and

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.240
 when

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.420
 they

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.760
 came

00:29:31.760 --> 00:29:31.940
 to

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.420
 Bethlehem

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.600
 the

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:32.820
 whole

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.160
 town

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.380
 was

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.600
 stirred

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.960
 because

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.120
 of

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.340
 them

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:35.660
 and

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:35.780
 the

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.020
 women

00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:36.380
 said

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.560
 is

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:36.800
 this

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.220
 Naomi

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.580
 and

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:38.820
 she

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.100
 said

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.220
 to

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.360
 them

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.480
 do

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.620
 not

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:39.940
 call

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.180
 me

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.740
 Naomi

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.760
 call

00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:41.940
 me

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.400
 Mara

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.560
 for

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:43.720
 the

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.200
 almighty

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.500
 has

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.740
 dealt

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.080
 very

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.680
 bitterly

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.180
 with

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.420
 me

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.900
 I

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.060
 went

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.240
 away

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.620
 full

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.700
 and

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:49.820
 the

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:49.960
 Lord

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.140
 has

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.320
 brought

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.460
 me

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.760
 back

00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:51.120
 empty

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.520
 why

00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:52.740
 call

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:52.900
 me

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.340
 Naomi

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.220
 when

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.380
 the

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.620
 Lord

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:54.880
 has

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.340
 testified

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.280
 against

00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:56.560
 me

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.680
 and

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:57.800
 the

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.240
 almighty

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.520
 has

00:29:58.520 --> 00:29:58.820
 brought

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.360
 calamity

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.620
 upon

00:29:59.620 --> 00:29:59.900
 me

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.160
 so

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.440
 Naomi

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.080
 returned

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:03.100
 and

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.520
 Ruth

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:04.200
 the

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.740
 Moabite

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.300
 her

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:06.040
 daughter-in-law

00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:06.700
 with her

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.040
 who returned

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.480
 from the

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.800
 country

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.480
 of Moab

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.600
 and they

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.160
 came to

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.780
 Bethlehem

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:12.700
 at the

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.100
 beginning

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:14.080
 of the

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.380
 barley

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.220
 harvest

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:17.660
 in this

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.060
 passage

00:30:18.060 --> 00:30:18.380
 Naomi

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.780
 gets a

00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:18.940
 couple

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.220
 things

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.520
 right

00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:21.340
 she

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.640
 gets a

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.780
 couple

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.080
 things

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.360
 right

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:24.100
 number

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.420
 one

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.660
 she

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.240
 acknowledges

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.480
 God

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.960
 exists

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.460
 this

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.660
 is an

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.940
 important

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.420
 part

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.820
 for us

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:28.980
 to

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.520
 understand

00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:30.980
 there's

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.280
 not a

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.540
 moment

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:32.120
 in here

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.400
 where

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.820
 she

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.640
 denies

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:33.880
 the

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.780
 existence

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.260
 and the

00:30:35.260 --> 00:30:35.660
 power

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.040
 and the

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:36.320
 nature

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.800
 of God

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:38.180
 she

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.840
 understands

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.100
 that

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.520
 in the

00:30:39.520 --> 00:30:39.780
 midst

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.260
 of all

00:30:40.260 --> 00:30:40.660
 that's

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.100
 happened

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.500
 to her

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.960
 over

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.220
 the

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.620
 last

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.960
 10

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.340
 years

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.860
 that

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.500
 God

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.040
 is

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.660
 God

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.020
 and

00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:46.200
 that

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.420
 he

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.980
 exists

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.960
 and

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.060
 then

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.260
 the

00:30:48.260 --> 00:30:48.540
 second

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:48.860
 thing

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.040
 that

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.260
 she

00:30:49.260 --> 00:30:50.000
 acknowledges

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.380
 that

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.560
 she

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:50.820
 gets

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.200
 right

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.960
 is

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.220
 God

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.360
 did

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.520
 not

00:30:52.520 --> 00:30:53.020
 spare

00:30:53.020 --> 00:30:53.380
 her

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:55.980
 God

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.300
 didn't

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.740
 spare

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.080
 her

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:58.660
 her

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.000
 husband

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.580
 died

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.660
 she

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.940
 walked

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.160
 through

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.720
 famine

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.460
 she

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.780
 wandered

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:03.180
 into a

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.480
 foreign

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.980
 land

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.420
 her

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.900
 sons

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.240
 died

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.880
 and now

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.240
 in the

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.880
 perception

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.600
 of where

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.100
 she goes

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.760
 forward

00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:09.620
 it's her

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.100
 and her

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.880
 daughter-in-law

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.460
 and she's

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.980
 showing back

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.420
 up into

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.020
 her hometown

00:31:13.020 --> 00:31:13.960
 with everybody

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.440
 else

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.940
 that I'm

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.200
 sure is

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.800
 running around

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.120
 with their

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.540
 kids and

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:17.340
 their grandkids

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.080
 and everybody's

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.640
 looking at her

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.000
 and seeing

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.520
 and she

00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:20.020
 sees

00:31:20.020 --> 00:31:20.360
 the

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.980
 prosperity

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.640
 of what

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.320
 everybody else

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.140
 is experiencing

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.200
 what everybody else

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.580
 is going

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.860
 through

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.460
 and I don't

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.700
 know

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.440
 but I feel

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.780
 like we're

00:31:26.780 --> 00:31:27.180
 probably a

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.500
 little bit

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.260
 like Naomi

00:31:28.260 --> 00:31:28.840
 and she's

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.020
 probably

00:31:29.020 --> 00:31:29.360
 thinking

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.920
 well I'm

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.160
 better

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.560
 I'm

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:30.760
 better

00:31:30.760 --> 00:31:30.960
 than

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.220
 them

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.560
 then why

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:31.800
 do I

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.020
 find

00:31:32.020 --> 00:31:32.420
 myself

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.020
 where I

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:33.240
 am

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.620
 now

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:35.640
 she

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:35.800
 says

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.100
 because

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:38.020
 God

00:31:38.020 --> 00:31:38.160
 had

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.300
 his

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.700
 sovereignty

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:40.640
 he

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.840
 didn't

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.340
 spare

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:43.400
 but here's

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.640
 what she

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.100
 gets wrong

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.360
 here

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.520
 in this

00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:47.600
 she's

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.920
 receptive

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:50.420
 to

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.760
 bitterness

00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:53.080
 she

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.740
 changes

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.300
 her name

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:56.380
 and name

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.740
 changes

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.680
 are big

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.440
 in scripture

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.160
 you see

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.700
 Naomi

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.000
 means

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.920
 pleasantness

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.840
 right

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.240
 it's a

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.520
 beautiful

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:06.020
 name

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:06.260
 right

00:32:06.260 --> 00:32:06.680
 like

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.500
 pleasantness

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.880
 within

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.260
 there

00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:09.680
 so she

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.140
 left

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.460
 that's

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.860
 who

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.140
 she

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.020
 was

00:32:12.020 --> 00:32:13.540
 but now

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:13.740
 she

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.360
 returns

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:16.040
 and she's

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:16.560
 not pleasant

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.000
 anymore

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.520
 she's

00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:18.840
 now

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.980
 Mara

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.220
 which

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.540
 means

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.380
 bitterness

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:24.400
 and so

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.160
 she left

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.120
 as one

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.460
 who's

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.100
 pleasant

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.560
 and she

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.060
 returns

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:29.000
 as one

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.380
 who's

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.860
 bitter

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:31.640
 and that's

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.800
 going to be

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.320
 the tension

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.780
 that we

00:32:32.780 --> 00:32:33.520
 see

00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:33.840
 and that

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:33.980
 we

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.460
 experience

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.780
 now

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:35.420
 we've

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.580
 seen

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:35.800
 from

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.180
 Ruth

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.320
 what

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:37.620
 Ruth

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.040
 does

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:39.700
 and now

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.900
 we've

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.080
 seen

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.320
 through

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.820
 Naomi

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.820
 what

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.240
 Naomi

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.660
 does

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:44.040
 and what

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.300
 we

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:45.000
 glean

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.280
 from

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:45.460
 who

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.980
 both

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.140
 of

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.300
 them

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:46.480
 have

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.800
 walked

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.120
 through

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:48.260
 this

00:32:48.260 --> 00:32:48.640
 season

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:50.200
 both

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.340
 of

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.480
 them

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.620
 have

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.860
 walked

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.000
 through

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.220
 these

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.600
 battles

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.240
 both

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.340
 of

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.460
 them

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.580
 have

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:52.760
 walked

00:32:52.760 --> 00:32:52.920
 through

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.180
 these

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.920
 struggles

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.400
 but what

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.960
 we find

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.640
 in Ruth

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.880
 is

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.220
 freedom

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.720
 and what

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.400
 we find

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.380
 in Naomi

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.100
 is

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.720
 misery

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.500
 so I

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.780
 want you

00:33:03.780 --> 00:33:04.100
 to think

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.320
 through

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.600
 as you

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:04.900
 walk

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.060
 through

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.280
 these

00:33:05.280 --> 00:33:05.500
 things

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.800
 of life

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.120
 what

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.340
 are we

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:07.120
 identifying

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.640
 with

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.980
 what are we

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.460
 drawing

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.760
 toward

00:33:08.760 --> 00:33:09.840
 the freedom

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.800
 of Ruth

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:12.480
 or the

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.880
 misery

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.200
 of

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.020
 Naomi

00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:15.880
 they both

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.840
 in essence

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.320
 have the

00:33:17.320 --> 00:33:18.100
 same life

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.600
 ahead

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:21.020
 they've

00:33:21.020 --> 00:33:21.740
 both been

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.020
 dealt

00:33:22.020 --> 00:33:22.640
 the same

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.380
 hand of

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.960
 cards

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.640
 what they

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.040
 know

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.600
 awaits

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.700
 both of

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.060
 them

00:33:28.060 --> 00:33:29.360
 without

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.980
 husbands

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.860
 without

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.600
 sons

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.080
 which means

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.720
 life

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.080
 without

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.420
 care

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:36.020
 and security

00:33:36.020 --> 00:33:37.720
 and hope

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.300
 but

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.780
 Ruth

00:33:39.780 --> 00:33:41.900
 chooses

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.360
 freedom

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:44.020
 and

00:33:44.020 --> 00:33:44.260
 chooses

00:33:44.260 --> 00:33:45.140
 faithfulness

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.920
 and she

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.520
 grows

00:33:47.520 --> 00:33:49.460
 but

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.980
 Naomi

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.740
 chooses

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.360
 bitterness

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:54.060
 and

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.840
 victimhood

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:56.260
 and it's

00:33:56.260 --> 00:33:57.020
 what defines

00:33:57.020 --> 00:33:57.300
 her

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.580
 and what

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.920
 marks

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.140
 her

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:01.020
 you know

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:02.760
 God

00:34:02.760 --> 00:34:03.160
 gives you

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.500
 and I

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.840
 a lot

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.200
 of freedom

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.480
 to make

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.860
 choices

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:08.640
 but so

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:08.940
 much of

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.460
 what happens

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.720
 in our

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.100
 life

00:34:10.100 --> 00:34:11.760
 is out

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:11.960
 of our

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.280
 control

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.760
 amen

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:15.320
 I can't

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.000
 control

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.980
 my wife

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.840
 my kids

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.160
 you

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:21.660
 right

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.820
 my neighbors

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.560
 my co-workers

00:34:24.560 --> 00:34:25.880
 right

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.340
 we can't

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.620
 control

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.120
 we think

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.620
 we can

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.020
 we have

00:34:28.020 --> 00:34:28.700
 this false

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.360
 facade

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.840
 of hope

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.020
 but we

00:34:31.020 --> 00:34:31.340
 can't even

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.660
 control

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.120
 things within

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.720
 our lives

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.440
 right

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.980
 we can't

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.480
 even control

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.860
 things that

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.240
 are happening

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.260
 within us

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.420
 right

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.860
 who here

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.600
 can control

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.480
 the weather

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.220
 the family

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.500
 they were

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.160
 born into

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:45.700
 the natural

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.380
 gifts that

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.740
 they were

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.320
 given

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:48.060
 it was funny

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.600
 Joanne said

00:34:48.600 --> 00:34:49.000
 to me this

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.280
 morning

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.740
 sorry Joanne

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:52.480
 she said

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.740
 how about

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.240
 I preach

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.520
 and you

00:34:53.520 --> 00:34:53.860
 sing

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.620
 right

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:58.220
 and I

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.700
 appreciate

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.200
 that

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.540
 right

00:34:59.540 --> 00:35:01.140
 and here's

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.340
 what I

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.620
 believe

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:01.820
 like

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.640
 I can

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.180
 sign up

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:04.000
 for lessons

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:06.160
 to sing

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:07.800
 and it

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.140
 might

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:09.140
 improve

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:11.540
 but it

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:11.700
 ain't

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.020
 gonna be

00:35:12.020 --> 00:35:12.400
 good

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.120
 you know

00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:13.660
 it

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:13.780
 ain't

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.060
 gonna be

00:35:14.060 --> 00:35:14.320
 good

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.660
 at any

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:14.920
 point

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.260
 in time

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.460
 right

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.500
 I

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.700
 can't

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.080
 control

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:17.500
 that

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.560
 this is

00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:18.940
 the voice

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.360
 I was

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.340
 given

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.180
 right

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:23.940
 we can't

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.400
 control

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:27.020
 but what

00:35:27.020 --> 00:35:27.700
 God

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:29.300
 understand

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.940
 what we

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.440
 understand

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.880
 about the

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.580
 Lord

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:33.000
 is that

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.400
 he's in

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.800
 control

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:35.420
 and here's

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.580
 what we

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:35.940
 begin to

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.320
 see and

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.860
 understand

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.300
 we

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.800
 control

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.180
 how we

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.580
 respond

00:35:39.580 --> 00:35:39.940
 to it

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.340
 we

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.000
 control

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.760
 what we

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.560
 go through

00:35:43.560 --> 00:35:44.620
 you see

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.300
 Naomi forgot

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.820
 about the

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.280
 years of

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.780
 faithfulness

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.200
 of God

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.660
 because of

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.380
 the last

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.920
 10 years

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.400
 of struggle

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.580
 now I

00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:50.960
 feel like

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.300
 so many

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.880
 times in

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.440
 my life

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.560
 I'll give

00:35:53.560 --> 00:35:53.880
 her credit

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.180
 for the

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.680
 10 years

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:56.020
 I feel

00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:56.420
 like sometimes

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.860
 I forget

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.260
 about the

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.620
 years of

00:35:57.620 --> 00:35:58.040
 faithfulness

00:35:58.040 --> 00:35:58.400
 of God

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.760
 because of

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.020
 the last

00:35:59.020 --> 00:35:59.560
 10 minutes

00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:00.420
 right

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.320
 the last

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.120
 10 seconds

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:03.180
 in that

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.480
 last

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.960
 moment

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:05.560
 but where

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.020
 God

00:36:06.020 --> 00:36:07.140
 is

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:08.740
 and so

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.300
 my prayer

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.660
 as we

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.380
 wrap this

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.880
 up here

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.180
 my prayer

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.600
 for us

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:13.120
 this morning

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:14.520
 is we're

00:36:14.520 --> 00:36:14.680
 going to

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.220
 go through

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.500
 and we're

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.620
 going to

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:15.880
 look at

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.080
 these

00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:16.440
 chapters

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.120
 in this

00:36:17.120 --> 00:36:17.420
 study

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.940
 my prayer

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.320
 for you

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.860
 this morning

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:21.020
 is this

00:36:21.020 --> 00:36:21.560
 that no

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.160
 matter where

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.880
 you find

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.560
 yourself

00:36:23.560 --> 00:36:24.720
 right now

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:26.220
 no matter

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.760
 where you

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.220
 feel like

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.760
 this life

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.120
 has been

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.700
 led

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.060
 and where

00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:29.680
 you are

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.120
 in it

00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:31.280
 no matter

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.880
 the choices

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.360
 you feel

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.780
 like you've

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.200
 made to

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.500
 get you

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.940
 where you

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.280
 are

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.900
 or the

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.300
 choices

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.940
 that you

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.360
 didn't

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.780
 make to

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.200
 get you

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.880
 where you

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.160
 are

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.640
 that we

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.260
 can trust

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.820
 in the

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.420
 faithfulness

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.880
 and the

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.280
 providence

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.680
 of God

00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:43.400
 that we

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.920
 know that

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.320
 in all

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.620
 of it

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:46.040
 that God's

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.440
 working

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.520
 and what

00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:47.820
 God's

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.020
 doing

00:36:48.020 --> 00:36:49.440
 and when

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.060
 we find

00:36:50.060 --> 00:36:50.660
 ourselves

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:52.040
 in a

00:36:52.040 --> 00:36:52.480
 moment

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.560
 in a

00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:53.940
 day

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.040
 in a

00:36:55.040 --> 00:36:55.500
 season

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.820
 in a

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.280
 decade

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.640
 of

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:58.200
 misery

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:59.880
 right

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.400
 we'll

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.780
 look to

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.040
 flee

00:37:02.040 --> 00:37:02.480
 from the

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.760
 bitterness

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:04.560
 and cling

00:37:04.560 --> 00:37:04.880
 to the

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.180
 Lord

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:06.840
 and deepen

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.880
 our faith

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.200
 through it

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.340
 would you

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.660
 pray with

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.480
 me

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:13.920
 Lord we

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.260
 thank you

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.900
 so much

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:17.020
 for this

00:37:17.020 --> 00:37:17.380
 morning

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:20.060
 God in

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.560
 these words

00:37:20.560 --> 00:37:20.940
 of your

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.720
 faithfulness

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:23.100
 of who

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.960
 you are

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.740
 Lord as

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.100
 we look

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.420
 at this

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.940
 story

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:29.120
 there's

00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:29.740
 so much

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.140
 of what's

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.460
 there

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.280
 that points

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.640
 us to

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:32.080
 who you

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:32.360
 are

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:34.960
 but today

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.300
 Lord we

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:35.940
 ask ourselves

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.600
 the question

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:38.420
 where is our

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.080
 faith in

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:40.600
 and where is

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:40.960
 our hope

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.360
 found

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.160
 is it in

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.420
 you

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:45.700
 or in the

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.280
 circumstances

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.680
 of our

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.080
 life

00:37:47.080 --> 00:37:48.900
 we place

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.440
 our trust

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.160
 in ourselves

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:52.020
 or our

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.560
 trust in

00:37:52.560 --> 00:37:52.960
 the one

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.220
 who promises

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.820
 to save

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.140
 us

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.980
 and to

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.660
 deliver us

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.680
 the one

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.320
 who promises

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:59.280
 to use

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.040
 all things

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.880
 to grow

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.260
 us

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.260
 and strengthen

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.740
 us

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:05.200
 Lord may

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:05.800
 we cling

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.900
 to you

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.140
 and it's in

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.580
 Jesus name

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:08.920
 we pray

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.160
 amen

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:23.980
 thanks again

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.480
 for listening

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.840
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