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JULY 12
HELLO MY NAME IS RUTH—PART 1

Scripture:  Ruth 1:16,17 “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:  Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.”  
 
     Hello. My name is Ruth.  I grew up in a place called Moab.  Most of my early life, growing up, was without any religion at all.  I want to tell you my story and I hope you can see how God was directing my life. As a young girl, I never knew about God. But one day a family moved into our village that were different than any people I had ever seen before. There was the father, Elimelech, the mother, Naomi, and they had two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. I kind of had a special bond with Mahlon.  
    I watched this family that had moved down here from Bethlehem and it seems they were always talking about God.  Since I didn’t know who God was, I just watched and listened.  They had family devotions in the evening and every time they ate a meal, they bowed and thanked God for sending it.  I had never seen anything like this in my life.  The more I watched them and listened, the more I wanted what they had.
   Over the years, I fell in love with Mahlon and we got married.  He taught me a lot more about the faith they had and I too by now had put my faith in God.  Things seemed to be going so well for us, when one day without notice, Mahlon died.  His brother, my brother in law, Chilion also died leaving my mother in law, Naomi without any of her family now in this strange land where they had come to dwell. Her husband had died some years earlier. My life was crushed, but I still had faith that God had a plan for my life.  
    Little did I know what God really had in store for me!  I’ll continue the story tomorrow.  Friend do you know that God is working in your life today?  He has a plan for you!  It will be amazing what God will do, if you will yield yourself to Him!