Thrive Moms: Warrior StudySample

“The Humble Warrior” Go through and read today's scripture. 

The book of Ruth is one of loss, what she did in response to that loss, and the way God completely redeemed her life. Let's start at the beginning. Read Ruth 1 Famine. Naomi's husband dies. Then her two sons die. Whoa. And now she is left with two grieving daughters-in-laws to care for...alone. Let's not forget she's not in her homeland. She's away from family and all that is familiar. I'm trying to imagine myself in Ruth's shoes. I can't imagine losing my husband. I would want to run straight home to my mama. Wouldn't you? I can only imagine that Ruth wanted to do the same. But she makes a humble, selfless choice. She stays with Naomi. This meant traveling away from home to Naomi's homeland so that she could find someone to take care of her land and redeem their hopeless situation. I love how scripture continues to point out that Ruth is a Moabite...a foreigner. I think God wants us to realize the full spectrum of her circumstances. I can imagine she often suffered discrimination, feeling exposed and vulnerable, immersed in a sea of unknowns, completely out of control. Can you relate? Motherhood often brings about those same feelings. Ruth must have felt the same way. Her response under these circumstances inspire me. Do I choose humility when I feel completely out of control? Do I choose to serve God and others? Or do I run to what is familiar, thinking only of myself? Boaz was Naomi and Ruth's "family redeemer." A family redeemer had the responsibility of taking care of family in dire circumstances. In this case, it meant Boaz purchased the family land, took in Naomi, and took Ruth as his wife. The Hebrew word for redeemer here is ga'al which means: to buy back or ransom. Again and again, God gives us pictures of His heart of redemption. God shows us, through Ruth's story, that he honors a humble warrior. In the midst of what had to be the deepest, darkest, muddiest trenches of Ruth's life, she continued to humble herself before others and before God. And just like Boaz redeemed her from being a foreigner, alone, and without a family, God sent Jesus to do the same for us. He purchased our ransom on the Cross, the ultimate act of humility.