Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places: The Book of Ruth, Ch. 1
BY AYRIAN YASAR | How often does the world offer solutions that they say will lead to life but instead lead to death? In the book of Ruth we learn about how it is only in God’s plan that we find life.
A while ago I was listening to a podcast about Jessica Buchanan, a humanitarian aid worker who was kidnapped and then rescued by SEAL Team Six. Such stories are filled with bravery and courage, not only by the person being rescued but obviously by those rescuing. The interesting thing was that Jessica had no idea a seal team was going to rescue her; she had no idea what was going on for her behalf. The book of Ruth is similar in one particular way: The story focuses on a small Hebrew family that needs spiritual rescuing. God sets about rescuing them, and they don’t even see it coming…