Ruth 1 - The Journey of Grief

“But Ruth said, ‘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.” Ruth 1:16 (ESV)

This verse may not be about grief, but it IS about Ruth’s faithfulness to follow after God in her own grief. It is also a reminder that Naomi didn’t have to make that long journey home alone. You don’t have to make the journey alone either. The Lord is with you even if no one else is.

For those of you who are starting over when everyone else seems to be settled in, I see you. When everyone else has kids and you are childless, God sees you. When everyone else has husbands or wives and you are without one, God knows your grief over it. When every one of your friends are stay at home moms and you have to go out into the fields to work to provide for your family, God will provide for you there. It isn’t that God cares more about those others than you, and He is giving them something He isn’t giving you. the story God is writing for you is just different. Your story MIGHT NOT be the same as everyone else’s, but God has treasures for you that aren’t everyone else’s.

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