His Grand Plan

He did not grow up on a farm, however, our oldest son (Danny) has discovered how much he loves to farm.  He has a garden, bees, and chickens.  It's actually been fun watching him and we've even enjoyed some goodies from his labor.  I suppose he's my favorite farmer -- sorry, Green Giant!

 

​Scripture tells us God shows "no partiality ... for all [are] the work of His hands​." (Job 34:19).  It's amazing how He uses people who seeks to honor Him.  Ruth was from Moab, a nation of people who worshiped the false god Chemosh.  It was in her homeland she met [and married] a Jewish man when his parents, Elimelech and Naomi, came to Moab because of a famine in Bethlehem (their homeland).  After her husband (Mahlon) died, Ruth chose to remain with her mother-in-law (Naomi) and even return to Bethlehem – it's one of Scripture's greatest stories of love and devotion.  There is more treasure, however, to this Old Testament account.  Although married for ten years to Mahlon, Ruth was childless yet later when married to Boaz, "the LORD caused her to conceive, and she bore a son." (Ruth 4:13). Her son, Obed, would lead the prophesied lineage of David which produced The Messiah - Jesus Christ.  Occasionally, Danny will add feathered friends to his brood, and it's a rather delicate task of "introducing" new birds. The story of Ruth is a beautiful picture of how God introduced the heathen world into the kingdom of God.  Out of an idolatrous people, Ruth emerged to eventually confess God as her own - an amazing foreshadow of The Messiah's entering this world as a babe to embrace and redeem sinful man.  From unseemly people in unseemly circumstances, God's grace and glory were revealed.  Let us look to Him for purpose, obediently being part of accomplishing significant things in His Name.  His plan is always grand and evermore glorious!