PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 23 August 2013
YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE
Pause. Enter into
your own stillness
Reading. “Wherever
you go I will go, wherever you live I will live. Your people shall be my
people, and your God, my God.” (Ruth 1:1-22)
Reflection. This
often quoted commitment by the bereaved Ruth to her even more bereaved mother
in law, Naomi, goes against the cultural expectations of the people of
antiquity - or even those of modern times. To freely commit oneself to one’s
husband’s family after the husband has died is no easy thing. With Ruth, of
course, in the biblical story, it was a commitment to the people of Israel and
she ends up on gospel lists of the ancestors of Jesus. Ruth must have had a
great love for Naomi, a love so strong that, like Abraham, she was prepared to
go on a journey “without knowing where she was going.” She was prepared to get
up and go whatever the consequences might be.
Prayer. Lord, give
me a courageous heart to set out even if it is not clear how things will turn
out. Help us tobe open to the unknown and to give our lives for our brothers
and sisters. Amen
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