Ruth

My (California) church is doing a "redemption" series on Ruth. It's been four weeks, and we still aren't in chapter 2. Over and over again, the same points are being reiterated (in different ways, from different angles): suffering is inevitable, grieve well, and count on God as faithful. Again and again.

Jehovah Rapha: God is the God who restores. He heals. He makes our bitter (Marah) water sweet again (Naomi).

Sometimes I have to allow this truth to stand for itself, instead of looking at it with an overwhelming feeling of comfort or even hope. I just sit in the truth until it scrubs away the layers of callousness.