Digging Deeper | Introduction + Ruth 1
I feel like I want to share, document, and make more faith-based content, so this is my first mini-study post. I'll continue to post visual verses as I make them, but I am wanting to share closer and deeper looks into the things I'm studying.
I want to say that these will be consistently flowing, but if I'm going to be honest, they're probably going to be all over the place. I'll be sharing what God puts on my heart and that may mean I'll be in the new testament even though we're starting in Ruth.
These studies will reflect the seasons of life I'm in, the emotions I am feeling, and the wanting to connect with the Lord on a deeper level.
I'm letting you know now that I want to share + show y'all that faith isn't just going to church and wearing Sunday's best. it's about a real relationship and pursuing Him in all that you do, in how you treat others, and how you allow Him to lead your life.
Before you come at me, let me just say the church is important, yes, but the church, biblically speaking, is not the building -- it's the fellowship with your fellow believer.
It's loving people around you, it's showing the world that you are set apart. It's gathering with a fellow believer in Christ and encouraging them in hard seasons. It's having dinner with the family next door and singing worship music together. It's gathering with your members of your community and praying. It's so much more than getting dressed on Sunday and listening to a sermon. so yes, the church is essential when it's about the jesus, community and fellowship -- 100%
so long tanget made short, all I really want to say is that I want to help lead others to Christ in whatever form I can. When I was a teen, I made visual verses and posted them all over the internet. I stopped after I got married, but it's time to take that same passion, revive it and bring it here to the blog.
Digging Deeper into Ruth 1
๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ one thing I love about the word is the way it stays relevant and parallels throughout the entire text. here’s a conversation between Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth that has withstood the test of time and is still so relevant.
๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Naomi: go, return each of you to her mother's house (v.8)
Orpah & Ruth: no, we will return with you to your people (v.10)
Naomi: turn back, my daughters (v.11)
Orpah: kissed her mother in law and left (v.14)
Ruth: do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God (v.16)
๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐
Orpah did what was expected, but what beautiful words from Ruth! I feel as if they are the perfect examples of believers today • Orpah was eager at first, but then times got tough and she went back on her worldly way... but Ruth? she would not be moved even though all their provisions were gone, their was security gone, and comfort was found only in each other.
today, let us be like Ruth and stand firm on Him and His word even when we are left wondering what comes next. be assured that He has a plan & that you are a part of it.
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๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ⅃ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฌ-๐ฎ๐ญ • ex. orpah
๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ⅃ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฏ • ex. ruth