Letter 039 — The Address: Orpah or Ruth (Ruth 1)
Three women on a dirt road. Each had to choose. Most of us would have done what Orpah did. The book is asking which one we will be.
In this letter
- Why Orpah is not the villain
- Ruth's choice as the costly one
- Hesed given and received throughout the book
- Loyalty as small, generations-shaping work
- The outsider angle — God's family tree full of outsiders
- The honest question about your own crossroads
Scripture
- Ruth 1:14-17
The question to sit with
Where in your life are you at a crossroads between the reasonable thing and the loyal thing? Where is God asking you to stay?
Coming…
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