Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons." They moved to Moab to escape death by…Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons." They moved to Moab to escape death by famine, and death followed them anyway. Notice how the verse names him by her: Naomi's husband. The story has turned toward the one left behind. Sometimes the plan that was supposed to save you is where grief finds you, and God is still writing.
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Why was the burial cloth folded neatly in the empty tomb?
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Living with bitterness
Sun Oct 18
Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara
Ruth 1→
Mon Oct 19
Hannah prays out of bitterness of soul
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Tue Oct 20
Job curses the day he was born
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Wed Oct 21
Envying the wicked until he entered the sanctuary
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Thu Oct 22
Bitterness and mercy in the same morning
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Fri Oct 23
The older brother refuses to come in
Luke 15→
Sat Oct 24
Pulling up the root before it spreads
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