Judges 20- Ruth 4- We are done with the summer reading!
We are done!! We finished our summer reading in the Old Testament! That was fun! How did you like getting to know our God, three in One, a little better? This past week's reading was interesting to me! Did you catch how Judges ended and Ruth began? Judges ended with, "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit." (21:25), which implies everyone was doing their own thing, not what God commanded in Joshua. Disobedience and waywardness was running rampant! Then the book of Ruth starts off with, "In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land." (Ruth 1:1). That's a clear reference to the time of “Willy Nilly” the Israelites were practicing during the “time of Judges”. Yet, as we read Ruth, we learn of a couple who are of “noble character" (Ruth 2:11 & 3:11), actually following God’s commands. I loved the reminder that even in the bleakest of times, there always seems to be a remnant of true believers in