One Mother’s Walk

Ruth 1:15-17 NASB

(15)  Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

(16)  But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

(17)  "Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me?"

First let me wish all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day.  It is certainly a special relationship between a mother and her children. 

This week let’s take a few minutes to examine Naomi.  Earlier in chapter one of Ruth we find that she has lost her husband and her two sons.  What a tragic turn of events.  However, this is not our focus on this day of celebration.  What a testimony Naomi must have had upon her two daughters-in law.

Here we see two young ladies ready to leave their families to be with Naomi.  One can only imagine the obedience to God that Naomi most certainly exhibited in the presence of these ladies when their family was intact.

It is how we build relationships in the good times that sustain us through the rough times.  Later in the chapter we see that Orpah chose to stay with her family.  In verse 16 and 17 we hear Ruth pledge to stay with Naomi and serve God.  Ruth would later marry Boaz and become a grandmother in the linage that would bring Jesus into the world.

What an important role Mother Naomi played.  Mothers have a special place in God’s plan.

Ruth took time to let Naomi know how much she meant to her.

Take time this weekend to let your Mother know how much you love her.