The house is quiet and empty for the first time since we got here. I'm all alone and feeling a little weird. There has been so much commotion and excitement these past two weeks that it's strange for me to sit by myself in silence.
I just finished my Bible Study. I read through the book of Ruth. She is an amazing person that I aspire to be more like. She left her mom and dad and everything she's ever known to follow her mother-in-law (Naomi) to an unknown land. Most of us are like, "I would leave my mom and dad, but follow my mother-in-law? Are you nuts?" Not that I agree or anything...ha ha!
So Ruth leaves it all behind and moves hundreds of miles away from home, to a completely different culture. When she arrives she immediately starts working and ends up in a relative's (Boaz) field. I love what Boaz says to her, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband-how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." (Ruth 2:11-12)
I'm not in the church planting business for the rewards. And my guess is that you aren't either. I'm in it for God and God alone. I moved across the country, to a completely different culture, because of my love for God. To me the reward is actually living under the wings of Him whom I take refuge in.
As church planting wives we are more like Ruth than we know. As I read her story I couldn't help but note the similarities. Take a few minutes, get alone, and read the book of Ruth. Allow God to encourage you. The work you are doing is so important; your faithfulness and obedience to God are not going unnoticed.
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I just finished my Bible Study. I read through the book of Ruth. She is an amazing person that I aspire to be more like. She left her mom and dad and everything she's ever known to follow her mother-in-law (Naomi) to an unknown land. Most of us are like, "I would leave my mom and dad, but follow my mother-in-law? Are you nuts?" Not that I agree or anything...ha ha!
So Ruth leaves it all behind and moves hundreds of miles away from home, to a completely different culture. When she arrives she immediately starts working and ends up in a relative's (Boaz) field. I love what Boaz says to her, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband-how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." (Ruth 2:11-12)
I'm not in the church planting business for the rewards. And my guess is that you aren't either. I'm in it for God and God alone. I moved across the country, to a completely different culture, because of my love for God. To me the reward is actually living under the wings of Him whom I take refuge in.
As church planting wives we are more like Ruth than we know. As I read her story I couldn't help but note the similarities. Take a few minutes, get alone, and read the book of Ruth. Allow God to encourage you. The work you are doing is so important; your faithfulness and obedience to God are not going unnoticed.
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We arrived in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon. We've been unpacking ever since; what a pain in the butt! We're not even close to done and we're exhausted. 
