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And now my daughter, do not fear.<\/em>
\nI will do for you all that you ask,<\/em>
\nfor all my fellow townsmen know<\/em>
\nthat you are a worthy woman.<\/em>
\nRuth 3:11<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a Ruth kind of girl. Put me in her sandals – husband dead and the mother-in-law advising me to go back to my family – and I\u2019d hightail it home in a heartbeat. No way would I follow a bitter, grouchy old woman into a foreign land. Especially not into a land where women look down their noses at me and say I\u2019m unclean. No way would I follow Naomi\u2019s advice and glean in a countryside populated with farm workers licking their chops at the sight of a foreign woman they considered fair game. No way would I sneak onto the threshing floor in the dead of night and then propose to a middle-aged guy who first saw me, sweaty and hot and having a really bad hair day, in the middle of a barley field. No way!<\/p>\n

The main reason I\u2019m usually not a Ruth kind of girl is this: my focus is more inward than outward. Self-analysis is my hobby. The hours fly by while I second guess what I\u2019ve done in the past, calculate what will impress people in my present, and create a plan of action that matches my dreams for my future.<\/p>\n

But Ruth focused on God\u2019s will and the needs of others, not on herself. When her mother-in-law gave advice based on her past experience in a country and culture foreign to Ruth, she trusted and obeyed Naomi. Ruth recognized open doors in the present and bravely walked through them. She honored Naomi\u2019s hopeful claim of a kinsman redeemer by seeking after him. Because Ruth\u2019s focus was outward rather than inward, when Boaz entered the story of her life, she recognized him for who he was – her redeemer.<\/p>\n

But as I frequently remind God, I can\u2019t turn myself into a Ruth kind of girl. It\u2019s scary, and I don\u2019t do scary. It requires sacrifice, and I\u2019m not into sacrifice. It takes effort, and I don\u2019t like to sweat.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t make Ruth do everything by herself,\u201d I say. \u201cYou gave her a redeemer. I could use one, too.\u201d No sooner are the words out of my mouth than my Redeemer shows up. Not big, buff Boaz.<\/p>\n

But Jesus.
\nJesus, the ransom for sinners.
\nJesus, who redeemed me by his precious blood.<\/p>\n

Jesus. With him, in him, because of his redemption, I can become the woman he created me to be. A woman who looks out and up, not in. A worthy woman. A woman of excellence. A Ruth kind of girl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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