Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Ruth said to Naomi, ‘All that you tell me I will do.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, August 29, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Talk about trust. Because what Naomi has told Ruth to do is…well, to our modern ideas…weird. And if you do know a little about the context and culture it actually feels dangerous. Ruth is supposed to go where women aren’t allowed, make a sexual advance on a man she’s not married to, and hope it appeals to his sense of duty. It sounds not just dangerous, but bordering on ridiculous.
Yet throughout this story, we have seen the character of Ruth and we have learned anything about her, it’s that she is strong and she is faithful. She will trust Naomi and she will gather her strength and do what she is told is needed. I don’t know that I would have the courage to take such a bold action—not specifically this one, as it still doesn’t make much sense to me, but anything that requires this amount of trust. I wanna be like Ruth when I grow up.
Who is the most courageous person you know? The most faithful? Is there a correlation between courage and faith?
