The Lord Is Kind. He Is Good

At One Level, The Message Of The Book Of Ruth Is That The Life Of The Godly Is Not A Straight Line To Glory, But They Do Get There.

Life Is Not A Straight Line Leading From One Blessing To The Next And Then Finally To Heaven. Life Is A Winding And Troubled Road. Switchback After Switchback. And The Point Of Biblical Stories Like Joseph And Job And Esther And Ruth Is To Help Us Feel In Our Bones (not Just Know In Our Heads) That God Is For Us In All These Strange Turns. God Is Not Just Showing Up After The Trouble And Cleaning It Up. He Is Plotting The Course And Managing The Troubles With Far-reaching Purposes For Our Good And For The Glory Of Jesus Christ.

Why Does God Bless Us With Abundance? So We Can Have Enough To Live On And Then Use The Rest For All Manner Of Good Works That Alleviate Spiritual And Physical Misery. Enough For Us; Abundance For Others.

The Importance Of Prayer Rises In Proportion To The Importance Of The Things We Should Give Up In Order To Pray

The Highest Mental Health Is Not Liking Myself But Being Joyfully Interested In Everything But Myself.