Thursday, 22 August 2013

YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE

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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