And I just saw an appeal to help a lady who has been
swindled by her employer get a good job.
While I sympathize with her, appealing to emotions while
job-hunting is not very likely to get her a job. Instead, it exposes her MORE
to opportunists (who abound everywhere).
I'm sure Naomi and Ruth would have died of hunger if only
Naomi was running the show. Naomi was hung up on the terrible fate that had
befallen them. It did not occur to her that they arrived at Bethlehem at the
time of harvest. She threw a pity party and people sympathized with her.
At some point, hunger helped Ruth come to a sensible
decision. No amount of wailing by the Rivers of Babylon was going to change the
fact that they were both poor widows who would soon die of hunger if they
didn't act fast. Their losses were sad and painful, no doubt, but they needed
to MOVE ON!
Ruth didn't get to the field and start her stories of
woe...She found what she could do with what she already had and started work.
She could glean without asking anyone for permission because God already
instructed the Israelites to leave some of the harvest for the gleaners. It was
from there that she caught Boaz's attention and he then instructed the
harvesters to leave more for her to glean. You can read the rest of the story
in the book of Ruth.
Dear friend, you may have had terrible things happen to
you in the past. I'm deeply empathize with you. I'm sure you feel pains and
it's okay to cry. It's okay to shed tears. It is NOT okay to allow the
challenges paralyze you and then wallow in self-pity. Please take a cue from
Ruth and press on, no matter what you're dealing with. It will end in praise...
Enjoy your day.
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