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 So, you've got Romeo and Juliet, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy.

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! They're all classic romance stories, aren't they?

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 And the book of Ruth, if you've read it, you'll know that it has got everything we'd expect from an epic love story.

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 It's got the sadness at the beginning, the disappointment, the waiting, it's got the confusion, the attraction, and then finally the marriage.

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 And Ruth and her husband-to-be, Boaz, in the story, are one of the great unlikely romances of the whole Bible, aren't they?

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 Now, I don't know whether this is true, I hope it's not a stereotype, but the big book of Ruth is perhaps one of the books that is very close to women's hearts.

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 As I've been chatting to some of you over the last few weeks, that seems to be the case.

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 It's one of the few books in the Bible that's named after a woman, isn't it?

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 And in many ways, women do dominate the story.

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 Ruth and Naomi, it's a sort of Thelma and Louise kind of story.

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 So it's written about women, set in a women's world, with women's concerns and cares.

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 It deals with childbirth and husbands and women's work and marriage.

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 But actually, I want to say to us from the beginning, that as we begin looking at Ruth, while it feels like a very feminine book, and it is a romance story,

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 It's a romance story driven by redemption.

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 Redemption that comes through the main male character in the book, Boaz, who we meet at the beginning of chapter 2.

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 So I think there are lessons of male sexuality and leadership in the book.

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 And Boaz will be the man through whom the lives of women in the book are transformed.

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 Boaz will turn Naomi and Ruth's fortunes around.

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 He will redeem their situation.

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 So it's a book about romance, but it's also a book of redemption.

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 Now over 23 times in the book, the word redemption or redeemer is actually used.

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 So it's a story in which the women characters are redeemed by a man.

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 Romance and redemption.

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 And the writer highlights redemption in the book, not just to show us how men should behave in society with women,

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 but to point to the man, the redeemer of all mankind, Jesus Christ.

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 So Ruth is a kind of shorthand version, really, of the whole Bible story.

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 God's big story of romance.

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 Of him wooing his people, of lavishing his love upon them and turning their lives around.

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 Of redeeming them back from death through his son, the man, Jesus Christ, the redeemer.

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 So that's where we're heading over the next four weeks.

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 I hope you can be with us for the next three evenings in August.

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 I want us to look at chapter one tonight, and I've got three headings to help us through that.

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 It is the romance and the redemption.

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 But firstly, at the beginning of Ruth in chapter one, we see the misery of leaving the Lord.

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 The misery of leaving the Lord.

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 So the first chapter of Ruth is a chapter full of misery.

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 It is a chapter full of weeping and loss and bitterness, isn't it?

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 Back in verse one, we're introduced to an Israelite family from Bethlehem in Judah.

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 And the father in the family is a man called Elimelech.

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 We're introduced to him.

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 Now Judah, the land that they live in, we're told has been hit by a famine.

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 So Elimelech in verse two, he packs his bags and he says to the family,

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 Listen, we're going to head out of the land of Judah and we're going to live, sojourn in the land of Moab.

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 So he takes his wife, Naomi, and their two sons.

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 So do you see, they leave the Lord's land.

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 They leave Judah.

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 And they go outside of the promised land.

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 Now over time, the two sons marry foreign Moabite girls.

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 And those girls are called Orpah and Ruth.

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 But do you see, by verse five, ten years on, out in Moab, all the men in the story have died, haven't they?

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 Look at verse five.

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 Both Malon and Chilion, the two sons, died.

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 So that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

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 Now if you can just picture the scene for Naomi there.

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 Naomi stands, doesn't she, at the graveside of her husband.

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 And the two sons are buried either side, perhaps, of the grave.

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 You know, we've got some young lads in our family.

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 We saw my nephews a few weeks ago.

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 They're great fun.

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 And their mother absolutely don'ts on them.

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 And I just cannot imagine, I can't bring myself to think,

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 of the pain that it would cause the family if anything should happen to those lads.

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 It's just unthinkable.

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 Just imagine the funeral of those two lads.

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 Naomi has to watch her own children die.

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 Any mother would be shattered by that, wouldn't they?

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 And so she has just a numbing pain, away from Judah and in the land of Moab.

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 You know, the name Naomi means pleasant.

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 But by the end of the chapter she wants to change her name, doesn't she, in verse 20,

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 to Marah, which means bitter.

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 No, no, no.

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 No, no.

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 Life is not pleasant in Moab.

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 It's bitter for this woman.

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 For these widows left behind.

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 It is one of those families, isn't it, that just gets struck with disaster after disaster,

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 heartbreak after heartbreak.

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 Broken lives and emptiness.

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 But can you see here that it's the misery and the broken heartedness caused by the foolish man,

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 Elimelech, as he has led them away from the Lord.

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 It is the misery of the separation that has happened between them and the Lord.

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 They've left the Lord's land, Judah.

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 They've left the Lord.

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 Even though it might look pleasant, Naomi says,

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 No, no.

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 Life away from the Lord has left me bitter and full of sorrow.

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 Life away from the Lord has just left me amidst death and pain.

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 Now, the book of Ruth, it comes in the Bible after the book of Judges.

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 If you didn't know that, Ruth starts off in verse 1, doesn't it?

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 In the days when the judges ruled.

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 There was a famine in the land.

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 Now, that helpfully sets the time frame for us for the book of Ruth.

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 At that point, alarm bells should be ringing

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 because there's an unmistakable problem about this time in the Bible story in this period.

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 Just flip back one page to the last verse of the book of Judges.

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 Just have a look there.

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 Chapter 21, verse 25.

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 In those days there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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 Now, Judges is a famous book, isn't it?

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 You've got stories like Samson and Gideon and Ehud.

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 But if you read Judges, you'll see that it's like a never-ending downward spiral

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 of bad behaviour and of sin,

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 followed by misery,

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 followed by God sending a rescuer or a judge,

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 and then sin again,

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 and then more misery,

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 and God sending them a rescuer.

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 It's the same again and again and again.

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 The people, it says there,

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 are without a king to lead them in living for God.

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 And they're all just doing what each one of them thinks is best in their own eyes.

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 Each person did what was right in their own eyes.

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 They did what was right in their own eyes.

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 They did what was right in their own eyes.

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 Again and again.

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 Each person calls the shots in their own life.

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 Now, don't forget that this is after Moses, isn't it?

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 So they've all got God's law in their society.

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 They've got the Bible.

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 They know how they should live.

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 But they're not listening to God's law,

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 and they're not living in that way.

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 They make up the rules on the spot,

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 doing what seems to be best in my eyes,

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 for my life, best for me.

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 God is just left out of the picture.

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 And so do you see, the famine comes in verse 1.

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 There is a famine in the land of Judah,

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 and that shouldn't surprise us.

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 Because famines were a sign from God

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 to the people to say,

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 you are in danger.

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 As you reject me, you are in great danger.

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 A famine was a warning sign.

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 It was a call out from God to say,

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 come back and live in the right way.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 28 says this,

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 If you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God,

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 or be careful to do his commandments,

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 then cursed shall you be in the field.

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 Cursed shall your basket and your kneading ball be.

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 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb,

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 and the fruit of your ground.

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 So the condition of the land

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 was like a gauge

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 as to how their relationship with God was going.

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 So famine was a signpost from God

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 saying loud and clear,

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 come back to me.

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 Because they weren't listening to him,

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 and they weren't living for him.

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 They needed to turn back to him,

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 but when the signpost comes for a limelight,

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 that's the last place he goes, isn't it?

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 He says to the family,

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 there's no food here.

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 It's no good returning to God,

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 looking to the Lord,

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 and to his land,

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 and for his food.

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 So he leads them to sojourn

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 in the land of Moab.

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 He leads them away

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 from the Lord

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 and his blessings.

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 It's ironic,

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 because the name Elimelech

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 actually means,

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 my God is king.

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 My God is king.

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 He was a Christian

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 in name,

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 but not in faith,

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 not in action.

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 He leads his family

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 away from the Lord.

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 When the going gets tough,

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 he's the family leader, isn't he?

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 But he doesn't run to God,

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 he runs from God.

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 He did what was right

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 in his own eyes.

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 He looked at what was in front of his face,

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 and he ran from God.

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 So the famine comes,

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 hard times come,

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 but Elimelech doesn't wait

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 for God's bread,

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 does he?

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 He goes for Moab's bread.

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 There's an obvious problem here,

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 but Elimelech addresses

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 the wrong problem,

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 the lack of bread,

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 rather than

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 the lack of relationship

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 with God.

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 He leaves the Lord.

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 And Elimelech's story,

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 it ends in tragedy,

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 doesn't it?

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 Because he dies in Moab,

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 he dies away from God.

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 If hard times come,

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 if famine comes,

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 I wonder,

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 by the time

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 you and I die,

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 where will we

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 have taken our families,

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 if we have families?

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 No matter what you go through

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 on the way,

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 will you have taken them out

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 to Moab?

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 What sort of legacy

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 will you leave behind?

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 We pray,

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 don't we,

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 that we will never

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 take our families away

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 from the Lord,

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 just doing what is right

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 in our own eyes.

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 So we see the misery

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 of leaving the Lord

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 for Naomi.

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 The misery of leaving

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 the Lord.

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 But secondly,

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 is there determination

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 to return to the Lord?

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 The determination

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 to the return to the Lord.

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 Now there's an old TV ad,

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 it's one of my favourite adverts,

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 The Hovis,

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 the bread brand,

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 where a child runs away

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 from the family home.

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 It's quite an old advert.

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 But you know,

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 mum doesn't panic

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 because she knows

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 the one thing

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 that will bring him back

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 without fail.

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 It is the alluring smell

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 of freshly baked Hovis,

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 isn't it?

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 So the aroma

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 waffes down those

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 Huddersfield streets

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 and that guy

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 starts playing the trumpet

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 and the lad comes back.

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 It's a really moving story,

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 actually.

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 Now,

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 Naomi gets a whiff

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 of something,

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 doesn't she?

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 Just have a look

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 at verse 6.

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 Naomi,

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 she arose with her daughters-in-law

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 to return from the country

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 of Moab.

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 For she had heard

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 in the fields of Moab

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 that the Lord

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 had visited his people

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 and given them food.

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 So there she is

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 in the fields of Moab.

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 She hears that

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 there is more to be had

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 back in Judah,

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 back in the Lord's land.

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 Now,

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 we're told that they've been

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 in Moab

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 for about 10 years.

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 Now,

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 just think for a moment.

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 Without our modern communication

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 that we have today,

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 we don't actually know

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 how long it took

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 for Naomi to find out

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 that there was any food

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 back in Judah,

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 do we?

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 Could have been weeks.

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 Could have been months,

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 even.

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 Just think of all that time

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 that Naomi could have been

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 feasting

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 back in the Lord's land

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 when she remained

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 in the fields of Moab.

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 Naomi and the girls

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 were outside of God's land,

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 outside of his covenant blessings.

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 They were outside of

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 God's people,

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 the church

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 in the fields of Moab.

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 Being away from the Lord

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 and it could have been

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 so much better for them,

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 couldn't it?

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 Life in Moab,

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 it was slowly starving them,

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 sapping their life.

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 That is life, isn't it?

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 Away from the Lord.

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 It's just sapping.

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 Life away from the Lord,

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 always eating,

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 but always hungry,

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 never really satisfied.

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 But there is a feast

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 available with the Lord

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 and with his people

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 back in his land.

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 And that's part of

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 becoming a Christian,

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 isn't it?

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 It is to say,

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 why should I do

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 without bread?

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 Why should I starve

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 when I can go back to God

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 and I can feast

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 from all that he gives to me?

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 Don't we want to be a church

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 where people look in

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 and they go,

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 wow, the hovis is in the oven.

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 It smells so good in there.

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 What is that aroma?

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 What are they feasting on in there?

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 Why should I do without that?

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 So Naomi,

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 she's determined

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.460
 to return to the Lord

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 because there's a feast

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 for her.

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 Now, Elimelech's choice

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 to leave the Lord earlier

00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:11.779
 has limited

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 the life

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 and provision

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 of the family,

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 hasn't it?

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 Faced with a famine,

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 he thought,

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 you know,

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 I'll grab what is right

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 in front of my face

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 and I'll get away

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 from Judah

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 and I'll go to Moab.

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 Now, it's interesting

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 if you look at

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 how those two places

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 are described in the passage.

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 Now, every time Moab

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 is mentioned,

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 it's called

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 the country of Moab,

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 isn't it?

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 Verse 1,

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 the country of Moab.

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 Verse 2,

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 the country of Moab.

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 Verse 6,

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 the country of Moab.

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 Again.

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 Whereas Judah is called

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 the land of Moab,

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 the land of Judah.

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 Verse 1,

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 the land.

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 Verse 7,

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 the land of Judah.

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 Country and land.

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 Now, those two words

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 are at polar opposites

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 in terms of size

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 and of scale,

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 of place.

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 It's probably

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 the opposite

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 of what we'd usually think.

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 But the word land

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 is used over 300 times

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 in the Bible

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 and it means

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 the earth,

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 the whole world,

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 the big wide world.

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 And the word country,

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 country of Moab,

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 is used far less.

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 It means something

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 more limited,

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 a smaller plot

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 or piece of land

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 or earth.

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 So you see,

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 Elimelech chooses,

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 doesn't he,

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 to leave the land,

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 the world of God's land

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 behind.

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 And he goes to the

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.800
 little country of Moab,

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 the big,

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 wide,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.960
 wonderful world

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.960
 of God's land,

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.660
 and exchanges it

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 for little Moab.

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 He chooses the limited

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 instead of the unlimited.

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 You know,

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 at that point,

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 he thought leaving the Lord

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 would be the big move

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 for the family,

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:54.740
 wouldn't it?

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.960
 Leaving the Lord,

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 freedom at last,

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 the country of Moab,

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 the land of opportunity.

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 But all it's left

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 his wife with

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 is a little corner

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:07.860
 to bury him

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 and his two sons in.

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 a little tiny piece

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 of land called Moab

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 by a graveside.

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 They find out,

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 don't they,

00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.720
 that to leave the Lord

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 is to put your life

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 in a box.

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 It is to live

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 in a little corner.

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 It is to starve yourself

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 and to limit yourself

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 and your family's life.

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 It is to be

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 closed-minded

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 and stunted.

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 Life becomes

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 restricted and small

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.920
 away from the Lord.

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 the unlimited

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 for the limited.

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 C.S. Lewis

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 puts it really well.

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 He says,

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 we are half-hearted creatures

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 fooling about

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 with drink,

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 sex and ambition

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 when infinite joy

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 is offered us.

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 Infinite joy

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 like an ignorant child

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 who wants to go on

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 making mud pies

00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:56.039
 in a slum

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 because he can't understand

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 what is meant

00:18:58.300 --> 00:18:59.480
 by the offer of a holiday

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 by the sea.

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 Great, isn't it?

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 Naomi knows

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:05.700
 that back with the Lord

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.660
 it smells good.

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 there is a feast

00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.580
 back there.

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 So she's determined

00:19:11.800 --> 00:19:13.180
 to return to the Lord

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 back to the big

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 beautiful

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.060
 plentiful

00:19:17.060 --> 00:19:18.620
 wide world

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.860
 of living

00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.940
 with the Lord.

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.840
 Isn't it funny

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:25.240
 how God calls

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.860
 his people

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 to what often

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.940
 looks smaller

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:30.660
 and yet

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.860
 is far far bigger.

00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:34.099
 So Abraham

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.799
 he is called

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.719
 to a tiny piece

00:19:35.719 --> 00:19:36.099
 of land

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.439
 isn't he?

00:19:36.459 --> 00:19:37.399
 The promised land.

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 Moses is called

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.679
 into a wilderness

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.740
 and through a wilderness.

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 And people today

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.979
 we are called

00:19:44.979 --> 00:19:46.399
 into a tiny

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.659
 looking church

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.839
 aren't we?

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:51.319
 But what looks

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.879
 smaller

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:53.759
 in the world's eyes

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:55.240
 is actually

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.279
 far far bigger

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.000
 in reality.

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.940
 because it opens

00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.059
 up all of life

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.660
 as it's meant

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.460
 to be lived.

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.140
 Returning

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.000
 to the Lord.

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.039
 Is that how

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.119
 we think of church?

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.119
 The big

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:09.200
 full

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.539
 unlimited

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.960
 wide world

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.960
 of God's church

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.500
 God's land.

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.180
 So

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.619
 they choose

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.039
 to return

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.440
 to the Lord

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.960
 but what about

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.920
 the two daughters?

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.240
 Ruth

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.960
 and Orpah.

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.259
 In the time

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.640
 we've got

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.460
 we just need

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.779
 to see

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.099
 I think

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.740
 the difference

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.640
 in the reaction

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:30.039
 to Naomi

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.740
 telling them

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.279
 that they have

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.000
 to stay

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.380
 in Moab

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.079
 in verse 8.

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.880
 Just look there.

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.339
 Verse 8.

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.980
 Naomi said

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.700
 to her two

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.480
 daughters-in-law

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 go return

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 each of you

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.079
 to her mother's

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.420
 house.

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.539
 May the Lord

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.319
 deal kindly

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.759
 with you

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.140
 as you've

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.559
 dealt with

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.019
 the dead

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.140
 and with me.

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.019
 That's an

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.599
 emotional

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.819
 moment isn't it?

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.480
 Both of the

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.440
 girls cry

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.039
 about the

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.440
 prospect

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.160
 of leaving

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.700
 Naomi

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.259
 don't they?

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.680
 Verse 9.

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.920
 They kissed

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.779
 each other

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.920
 and they lifted

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.660
 up their voices

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.380
 and wept.

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.640
 Verse 14.

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.220
 They lifted

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.000
 up their voices

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.220
 and wept

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.720
 again.

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.759
 They've grown

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.220
 to love

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.000
 their mother-in-law

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.440
 Naomi

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:10.160
 and they both

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.160
 weep tears

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.120
 about this

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.600
 idea.

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.680
 They both

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.660
 refuse to go

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.279
 back don't

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.440
 they?

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.120
 In verse 10

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 they said to her

00:21:16.820 --> 00:21:18.220
 no we will

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.380
 return with you

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.720
 to your people.

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:24.900
 they refused

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.480
 to go back

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.100
 but the issue

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:27.660
 here is the

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.340
 desire for

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.840
 marriage

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:30.660
 and for

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.200
 rest.

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.660
 Look at

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.279
 verse 11.

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.180
 Naomi said

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.100
 turn back

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.700
 my daughters

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:38.279
 why will

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.660
 you go

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.240
 with me?

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.519
 Have I

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.140
 yet sons

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.539
 in my

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.840
 womb

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.180
 that they

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.640
 may become

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.279
 your husbands?

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.759
 Turn

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.200
 back my

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 daughters

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.259
 go your

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.500
 way

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.880
 for I'm

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.559
 too old

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.180
 to have

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.700
 a husband.

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:51.860
 If I

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.319
 should say

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 I have

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 hope

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 even if

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 I

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.720
 should

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.900
 have

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.019
 a

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.259
 husband

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.539
 this

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.920
 night

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.460
 and

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.640
 should

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:55.940
 bear

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.240
 sons

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.519
 would

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.700
 you

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.120
 therefore

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.620
 wait

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.500
 till they

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.680
 were

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.100
 grown?

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.539
 The issue

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.180
 here is that

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.700
 the daughters

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.580
 find husbands.

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.600
 Now those

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.480
 words husbands

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.340
 and daughters

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:08.960
 come up again

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.960
 and again

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.700
 in those

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.039
 verses

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.480
 daughters

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.220
 six times

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.600
 husbands

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.580
 four times.

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.279
 So in a

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.840
 sense the

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.519
 quest of

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.160
 this book

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.120
 is to

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.800
 find Ruth

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.420
 a husband.

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.200
 To have

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.720
 a husband

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.080
 meant

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.860
 security

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:24.080
 and to

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.300
 have

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:24.880
 children

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.340
 was to

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.540
 have

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.340
 posterity

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.600
 and

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.019
 provision

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.340
 for

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.660
 older

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.200
 life.

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.300
 So there

00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:29.580
 was a

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:29.820
 lot

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.480
 riding on

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.700
 this

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.180
 decision.

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:31.660
 To

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.120
 find a

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.440
 husband

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.740
 with

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.200
 Naomi

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.000
 seemed

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.840
 ludicrous.

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.000
 She was

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.560
 too old

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:36.940
 to have

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.240
 other

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.800
 sons

00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:38.640
 and who

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:38.860
 would

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.160
 marry

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.519
 two

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.060
 Moabite

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.720
 girls?

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.279
 You

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.600
 see for

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.120
 the girls

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.840
 personal

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.400
 loyalty

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.720
 to

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.200
 Naomi

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.340
 would

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.640
 mean

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.220
 marriage

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.759
 probably

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.160
 wouldn't

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.560
 happen.

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.400
 And so

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.860
 at this

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.340
 point

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.640
 the girls

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.180
 split

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.560
 don't

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:53.840
 they

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.360
 with

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.880
 Naomi's

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.240
 final

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.680
 appeal

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.020
 to

00:22:56.020 --> 00:22:56.360
 them

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.060
 in

00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.300
 verse

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.800
 13

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:57.980
 to

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.440
 14

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.980
 both

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.140
 of

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.259
 them

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.660
 cry

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.120
 out

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:01.300
 but

00:23:01.300 --> 00:23:01.680
 only

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.080
 Ruth

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.860
 clings

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.420
 to

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.740
 Naomi

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.820
 they

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.160
 both

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.460
 cry

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.660
 but

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:05.940
 only

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.360
 Ruth

00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:07.380
 clings

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.360
 look

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.640
 Naomi

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.040
 says

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.500
 verse

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.180
 15

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.420
 your

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.880
 sister

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.140
 has

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.400
 gone

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.640
 back

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.800
 to

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:11.960
 her

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.240
 people

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.460
 and

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.640
 her

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:12.960
 gods

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.180
 you

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.420
 should

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.600
 do

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:13.800
 the

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.240
 same

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.880
 but

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.059
 it's

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.220
 the

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.859
 determination

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.339
 to

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.720
 return

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:17.920
 to

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.079
 the

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.380
 Lord

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.759
 do

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.259
 not

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.720
 urge

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.099
 me

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.059
 to

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.500
 return

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.779
 from

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.140
 following

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.500
 you

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.839
 Ruth

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.279
 says

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.259
 they

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.720
 both

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.299
 cry

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.299
 but

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.700
 only

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.240
 Ruth

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.140
 clings

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.259
 verse

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.759
 18

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.240
 she's

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.039
 determined

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.460
 Naomi

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.839
 saw

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.180
 that she

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.380
 was

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.980
 determined

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.259
 to

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.440
 go

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.680
 with

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:33.960
 her

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:35.539
 so

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.700
 it's

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:35.940
 not

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.180
 just

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.400
 the

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.920
 tears

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.140
 is

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.420
 it

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.620
 the

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.240
 crying

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.000
 that

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.339
 marks

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.480
 a

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.039
 determination

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.539
 to

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.880
 return

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.079
 to

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.240
 the

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.680
 Lord

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.420
 crying

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.980
 tears

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.160
 of

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.680
 repentance

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.580
 but

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:47.779
 it's

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:47.980
 a

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.500
 clinging

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.640
 to

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:49.980
 him

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.820
 to

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.200
 return

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.420
 to

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.740
 him

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.380
 now

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.640
 why

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:53.779
 is

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.019
 Ruth

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.220
 so

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.620
 different

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:54.900
 what

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.220
 makes

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.400
 her

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.580
 go

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:55.799
 with

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.240
 Naomi

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.440
 at

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.640
 this

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.019
 point

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.140
 in

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.460
 some

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.720
 ways

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:58.860
 it

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.019
 is

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.640
 mysterious

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.080
 isn't

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.380
 it

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.500
 we're

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.700
 maybe

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.019
 not

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.380
 told

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.700
 all

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:02.840
 of

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:02.980
 the

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.420
 thoughts

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.900
 in

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.060
 her

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.580
 mind

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.420
 but

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.600
 it's

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.820
 clear

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.000
 that

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.160
 she

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.400
 has

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.580
 a

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:06.860
 deep

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.299
 desire

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.660
 not

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:07.900
 to

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.080
 go

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.360
 back

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.580
 to

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:08.860
 Moab

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.140
 she

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.060
 insists

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.060


00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.320
 there

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.660
 was a

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:11.660


00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.340
 fundamental

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.159
 objection

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.379
 in her

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.980
 soul

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.379
 of living

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.699
 in

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.220
 Moab

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.980
 somehow

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.679
 she knew

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.019
 there was

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.459
 nothing

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.119
 in Moab

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.659
 for her

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.279
 anymore

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:24.059
 she'd been

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.679
 changed

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:26.539
 so she's

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.079
 determined

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:28.919
 and she

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.899
 decides

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:31.939
 when faced

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.240
 with the

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.939
 prospect of

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.319
 losing

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.079
 everything

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.839
 humanly

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.480
 speaking

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.379
 of perhaps

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.159
 not marrying

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.380
 she makes

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.100
 this call

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:42.420
 now I

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.580
 wonder

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.820
 whether

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.259
 there are

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.720
 people

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.279
 here

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.880
 tonight

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:46.420
 and

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.880
 perhaps

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.060
 you

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.360
 wouldn't

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.620
 call

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.960
 yourself

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.160
 a

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.500
 Christian

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.100
 but

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.380
 you've

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.700
 been to

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.100
 church

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.400
 a few

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.740
 times

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:51.980
 you've

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.120
 been

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.340
 with

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.759
 Christians

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.060
 and

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.279
 you've

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.500
 heard

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.720
 the

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.060
 Bible

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.980
 preached

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.460
 and

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.680
 even

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:56.860
 though

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.040
 you

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.300
 wouldn't

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.540
 call

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:57.880
 yourself

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.060
 a

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.360
 Christian

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.660
 you

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.200
 know

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.300
 something

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.580
 is

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:00.980
 happening

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.600
 something

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:02.860
 is

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.140
 happening

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.759
 inside

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.960
 when you

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.320
 come to

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.640
 church

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.000
 or when

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.300
 you hear

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.440
 the

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.800
 Bible

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.539
 and if

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.720
 you

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.019
 had

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.419
 one

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.819
 last

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.440
 chance

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.259
 and

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.419
 were

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:11.839
 faced

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.059
 with

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.279
 the

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.240
 ultimatum

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.159
 to

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.639
 stay

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.099
 or to

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.480
 go

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.000
 you'd

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.240
 say

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.599
 like

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.019
 Ruth

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.500
 well

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.720
 I've

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:18.899
 come

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.119
 this

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.519
 far

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.960
 I

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.200
 just

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.700
 can't

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:21.899
 go

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.440
 back

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.659
 I

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.099
 can't

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.279
 go

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.559
 back

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 to

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 my

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 old

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 life

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 without

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 the

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 Lord

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 you see

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 before

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 she

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 realised

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 it

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 Ruth

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 was on

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 another

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 road

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 wasn't

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 she

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 the

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 narrow

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 road

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 away

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 from

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 Moab

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:37.000
 and

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.419
 returning

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 back

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:37.819
 to

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 the

00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.359
 Lord

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.879
 and

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 faced

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 with

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 that

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.219
 ultimatum

00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:41.500
 she

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.500
 decides

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 she

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 is

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 determined

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 I

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 can't

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:46.959
 go

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.419
 back

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 so I

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 must

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.559
 go to

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 the

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 Lord

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 it's

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 all or

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 nothing

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 for

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 her

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 now

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 we're

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 in a

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 shape

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 that

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 upholds

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 God's

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 sovereign

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 choice

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 of his

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 people

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 aren't

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 we

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 but we

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 also

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 know

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 that

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 God's

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.419
 word

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.979
 calls

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 us

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 to

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 believe

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 and

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 to

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 act

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 upon

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 our

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 belief

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 and

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 a

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 will

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 to

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 action

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 to

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 actually

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 decide

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 time

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.779
 to

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 decide

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.120
 decide

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 to

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.920
 leave

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.480
 Moab

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.599
 and

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.759
 to

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.120
 return

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.299
 to

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.460
 the

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.839
 Lord

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.559
 and

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.680
 if

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 you're

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 wondering

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.480
 about

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.700
 whether

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:22.960
 to

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.420
 start

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 on

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:23.900
 that

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.380
 road

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.200
 back

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.460
 to

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.660
 the

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:25.880
 Lord

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.120
 or

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.360
 to

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.559
 the

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.779
 Lord

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:26.940
 for

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.079
 the

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.360
 first

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.740
 time

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.079
 even

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.740
 everyone

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.179
 around

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.439
 us

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.619
 here

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:30.899
 this

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.240
 evening

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.619
 is

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.819
 on

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.059
 that

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.480
 road

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.799
 just

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.000
 look

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.319
 around

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.639
 you

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:36.259
 if

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.419
 you're

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:36.799
 wondering

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.099
 about

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.379
 whether

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.599
 to

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.939
 start

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.159
 on

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 that

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.899
 road

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:40.539
 see

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.879
 those

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.339
 of us

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.599
 who

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:41.759
 have

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.059
 got

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.220
 to

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.399
 that

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.740
 fork

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:42.899
 in

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.019
 the

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.439
 road

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:44.259
 and

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.379
 we

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.759
 said

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:44.980
 I

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.199
 just

00:26:45.199 --> 00:26:45.519
 can't

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.679
 go

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.179
 back

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.039
 and

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.220
 be

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.839
 encouraged

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:50.639
 Ruth

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.019
 wants

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.839
 everything

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.539
 that

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.899
 Naomi

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.439
 has

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.919
 she

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.339
 wants

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.659
 to

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.199
 follow

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.500
 her

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.740
 doesn't

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.939
 she

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.259
 verse

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.099
 16

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.259
 to

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.579
 18

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.939
 where

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.259
 you

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.500
 go

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.679
 I

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:58.859
 will

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.099
 go

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.279
 I

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.460
 will

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.779
 lodge

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.000
 where

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.240
 you

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.659
 lodge

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.399
 your

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:01.799
 people

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.039
 shall

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.199
 be

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.460
 my

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.799
 people

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.179
 your

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.019
 God

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.240
 my

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.619
 God

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.279
 where

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.480
 you

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.639
 will

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:05.879
 die

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.059
 I

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.240
 will

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.579
 die

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:06.839
 her

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.179
 whole

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.659
 destiny

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.939
 has

00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.500
 changed

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.740
 her

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.139
 living

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.819
 and

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.000
 her

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.379
 dying

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.659
 she

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:10.960
 wants

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.199
 to be

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.480
 with

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.619
 the

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.079
 people

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.699
 and

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.139
 serve

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.319
 the

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.500
 God

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.679
 that

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:13.859
 they

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.539
 serve

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:16.539
 Ruth

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.919
 says

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.240
 doesn't

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.500
 she

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.740
 I

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.240
 cannot

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.879
 live

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.939
 without

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.259
 the

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.699
 Lord

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:22.399
 take

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.960
 everything

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.299
 away

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.579
 from

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:23.799
 me

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:23.980
 if

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.139
 you

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.599
 want

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.319
 take

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.579
 away

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.879
 my

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.420
 life

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.600
 this

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.200
 prospect

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.520
 of

00:27:28.520 --> 00:27:29.060
 marriage

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:30.620
 but

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.020
 don't

00:27:31.020 --> 00:27:31.320
 take

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.760
 Jesus

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:32.120
 away

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.380
 from

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:32.720
 me

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.340
 she

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.660
 doesn't

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.840
 know

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.000
 what

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.120
 the

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.380
 future

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.580
 will

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:35.840
 hold

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.060
 does

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.260
 she

00:27:36.260 --> 00:27:36.440
 and

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.580
 the

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:36.940
 marriage

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.220
 could

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.400
 be

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.660
 down

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.820
 the

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.100
 drain

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.300
 but

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:38.500
 she

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.900
 can't

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.060
 go

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.360
 back

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.600
 so

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.840
 she

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.760
 decides

00:27:40.760 --> 00:27:42.480
 she's

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.060
 determined

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.480
 to

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.100
 return

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.280
 to

00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:44.420
 the

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.720
 Lord

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.260
 even

00:27:45.260 --> 00:27:45.460
 if

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.760
 life

00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:46.060
 gets

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.560
 harder

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.780
 I

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.220
 can't

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.380
 be

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.700
 without

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:48.900
 the

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.360
 Lord

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:51.180
 one

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.480
 writer

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.820
 puts

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:51.960
 it

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.160
 like

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.580
 this

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.920
 you'd

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.260
 rather

00:27:54.260 --> 00:27:54.580
 have

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.040
 Jesus

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.580
 during

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.839
 the

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.299
 darkness

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.579
 of

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.019
 night

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.299
 than

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.599
 be

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.000
 without

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.359
 him

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.559
 in

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.699
 the

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.220
 daytime

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.699
 you'd

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:02.960
 rather

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.240
 have

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.599
 Jesus

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.099
 during

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.339
 the

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.779
 darkness

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.039
 of

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.439
 night

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:07.039
 than

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.299
 be

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.720
 without

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.099
 him

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.759
 in

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:08.879
 the

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.439
 daytime

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:11.059
 the

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.460
 misery

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.699
 of

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:11.859
 the

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.279
 Lord

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.759
 but

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.119
 Naomi

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.339
 and

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.679
 Ruth

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.460
 determination

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.019
 to

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.579
 return

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:16.899
 to

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.079
 the

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.519
 Lord

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.059
 they

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.399
 cannot

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.659
 do

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.000
 without

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.379
 him

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:21.199
 but

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.799
 thirdly

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.919
 as we

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.319
 close in

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.519
 more

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.960
 briefly

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.339
 verses

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.939
 19

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:25.139
 to

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.799
 22

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.879
 the

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.200
 misery

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.379
 of

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.619
 leaving

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:27.819
 the

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.000
 Lord

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.539
 determination

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.939
 to

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.259
 return

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.480
 and

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.619
 the

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.079
 gracious

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.720
 scars

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.259
 of

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.379
 the

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.679
 time

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:31.859
 in

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.359
 between

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.359
 the

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.679
 gracious

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.099
 scars

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.259
 of

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.379
 the

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.639
 time

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:34.819
 in

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.200
 between

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:40.640
 I

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:40.779
 don't

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.019
 know if

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.160
 you've

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.299
 ever

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.440
 been

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.600
 on

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:41.759
 a

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.220
 reunion

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.180
 and

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.360
 there's

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.500
 that

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.819
 awkward

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.160
 thing

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.420
 isn't

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.559
 there

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.700
 of

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.960
 trying

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.160
 to

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.519
 remember

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.059
 people

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.740
 you

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.140
 once

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.539
 knew

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.900
 so

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.460
 well

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.340
 years

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.480
 and

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.680
 years

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:49.980
 ago

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.180
 but

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.559
 time

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:50.819
 has

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.440
 elapsed

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.720
 hasn't

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:51.920
 it

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.680
 periods

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:52.940
 in

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.220
 life

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.480
 go

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.900
 by

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.819
 people

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.140
 and

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.580
 faces

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.259
 change

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.500
 you

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.819
 see

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.000
 them

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.460
 again

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.380
 and

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.700
 so

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.000
 much

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.160
 has

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.360
 gone

00:28:59.360 --> 00:28:59.620
 by

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.039
 you've

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.360
 forgotten

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.680
 them

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.180
 what

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.360
 their

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.680
 names

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.019
 are

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.920
 they

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.319
 seem

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.319


00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.799
 familiar

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:05.119
 but

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.279
 you

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.599
 don't

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.819
 know

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.079
 who

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.279
 they

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.759
 are

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.740
 now

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:08.879
 the

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.079
 women

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.539
 finally

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.859
 make

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.000
 it

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.180
 back

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.379
 to

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.940
 Bethlehem

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.240
 in

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.559
 Judah

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.879
 don't

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.039
 they

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.259
 but

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.759
 Naomi

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.119
 is

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.379
 not

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.579
 the

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.919
 woman

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.579
 who

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.940
 left

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.259
 there

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.579
 over

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.899
 ten

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.220
 years

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.700
 ago

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.359
 at

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.500
 the

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.960
 reunion

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.240
 the

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.559
 people

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.740
 of

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.259
 Bethlehem

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.579
 look

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.859
 out

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.220
 over

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.339
 the

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.779
 horizon

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.019
 and

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.200
 they

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.559
 squint

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.799
 their

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.220
 eyes

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.759
 she

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:22.960
 is

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.119
 the

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.460
 figure

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.700
 of

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.839
 a

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.059
 woman

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.319
 who

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.740
 seems

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.259
 familiar

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.419
 but

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.559
 is

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.859
 only

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.119
 a

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.460
 shadow

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.859
 of

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.059
 her

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.419
 former

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.000
 self

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.799
 verse

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.519
 19

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:30.759
 the

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.220
 town

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.519
 is

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.000
 stirred

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.319
 as

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.460
 they

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.039
 return

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.500
 and

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.619
 the

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.799
 women

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.160
 ask

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.519
 is

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.900
 this

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.440
 Naomi

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.900
 is

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.119
 this

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.579
 Naomi

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.379
 is

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.599
 that

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.900
 really

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.279
 you

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.720
 you've

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.279
 changed

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.539
 you've

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.839
 changed

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.559
 so much

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.859
 but

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.099
 it

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.400
 isn't

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.639
 just

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:46.819
 the

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.180
 sands

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.339
 of

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.720
 time

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.039
 here

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.299
 isn't

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.460
 it

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.660
 it

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.980
 isn't

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.160
 just

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.660
 natural

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.279
 aging

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.859
 but

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.059
 it's

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.200
 the

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.539
 time

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.859
 she's

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.119
 had

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.660
 away

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.599
 from

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:54.759
 the

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.119
 Lord

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.839
 she's

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:56.980
 been

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.339
 away

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.599
 from

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:57.759
 the

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.019
 land

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.359
 away

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.639
 from

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.980
 God's

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.240
 covenant

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.740
 people

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.220
 verse

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.380
 21

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.120
 I

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.559
 went

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.220
 away

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.880
 full

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.920
 and

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.079
 the

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.299
 Lord

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.539
 has

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.779
 brought

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:05.940
 me

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.279
 back

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.880
 empty

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:09.240
 it's

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.440
 the

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.019
 scars

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.319
 and

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.500
 the

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.220
 memories

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.120
 of

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.299
 a

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.660
 life

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.019
 lived

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.240
 in

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.779
 Moab

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.420
 leaving

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.700
 the

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.000
 Lord

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.240
 in

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.759
 fullness

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:18.180
 and

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.420
 having

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.660
 to

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.039
 return

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.279
 to

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.519
 him

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.799
 in

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.319
 emptiness

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:22.400
 from

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.099
 pleasant

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.740
 Naomi

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.059
 she

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.279
 is

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.859
 bitter

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.579
 Mara

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.839
 isn't

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.160
 she

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.740
 it's

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.299
 a reminder

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.859
 to her

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.279
 as she

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.059
 returns

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.140
 of the

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.579
 toll

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.180
 it takes

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.620
 when we

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.099
 live our

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.500
 lives

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.039
 doing what

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.460
 is right

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.799
 in our

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.539
 own eyes

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.140
 when we

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.720
 live in a

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.759
 dark box

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.099
 for months

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.700
 years

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.460
 decades

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.880
 even

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.640
 being away

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.079
 from the

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.500
 Lord

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.380
 it is not

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.079
 freedom

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.759
 is it

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.160
 and it's

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.920
 not fun

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.579
 no no

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.200
 Mara

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.539
 she says

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.160
 it's bitter

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:56.400
 it will

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.000
 ruin your

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.440
 life

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.700
 to

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.820
 willingly

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.900
 willfully

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.560
 depart

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:00.980
 from the

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.259
 Lord

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.600
 and be

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:01.860
 away

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.380
 from him

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.860
 the

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.200
 long

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.640
 years

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.100
 of life

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.380
 doing

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.779
 what is

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.120
 right

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.480
 in my

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.759
 own

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.300
 eyes

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.380
 have a

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.660
 heavy

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.220
 toll

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.660
 she's

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:10.920
 paid

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.519
 dearly

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.820
 and she

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.200
 looks

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.700
 tired

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.060
 she's

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.540
 come back

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.060
 empty

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:17.080
 she's

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.360
 hardly

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.320
 recognisable

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:20.480
 but at

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.900
 the same

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.279
 time

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.740
 Naomi

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.200
 knows

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.500
 doesn't

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.680
 she

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.080
 that the

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.380
 Lord

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.860
 has been

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.440
 behind

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.860
 it

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:26.259
 to bring

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.720
 her back

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.380
 to himself

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.539
 the Lord

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.120
 has done

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.660
 this

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:31.500
 and isn't

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.920
 it so

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.480
 sometimes

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.940
 the case

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.299
 that the

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.660
 Lord

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.220
 who will

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.080
 fill us

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:36.840
 must first

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.759
 empty us

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.279
 in his

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.920
 providence

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.440
 look at

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.799
 verse 22

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.259
 Naomi

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.120
 returned

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.100
 and Ruth

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.700
 the Moabite

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.240
 her daughter

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.580
 in law

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.080
 with her

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.759
 who returned

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.140
 from the

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.620
 country of

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.080
 Moab

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.080
 and they

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.519
 came to

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.000
 Bethlehem

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.240
 at the

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.519
 beginning

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.840
 of the

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.320
 harvest

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:52.039
 there is a

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.279
 sign

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.660
 isn't there

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:52.920
 at the

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.200
 end of

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.400
 this

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.720
 chapter

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.300
 of God's

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:55.259
 graciousness

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.740
 they've

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.420
 returned to

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.779
 the Lord

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.540
 in bitterness

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.420
 and emptiness

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:01.380
 but the

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 harvest

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.500
 has come

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 the harvest

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.920
 has come

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 and even

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 though their

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 past

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 is full

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 of scars

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 there is a

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 glimpse here

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.340
 isn't there

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 of future

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 hope

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 of harvest

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:17.080
 and of

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 satisfaction

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 for

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 Ruth

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 and if

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 you look

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.700
 at verse

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:21.900
 one

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 of chapter

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 two

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 we're

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.720
 given

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 an even

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 greater

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.799
 hint

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.099
 aren't

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 we

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 Naomi

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 had a

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.339
 relative

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 of her

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.059
 husband

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 a worthy

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.259
 man

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 of the

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 clan

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 of

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 Elimelech

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 whose name

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 was

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 Boaz

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 it is

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 the man

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 who will

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 turn these

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.299
 women's

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.599
 lives

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 around

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 who will

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.079
 redeem

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 them

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 who will

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 fill

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.579
 their

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 empty

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 lives

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 we can

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 be so

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 foolish

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 can't

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 we

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 we can

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.859
 leave

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 the

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.480
 Lord

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 at

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 times

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 and we

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 can

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 experience

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.539
 the

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.939
 bitterness

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:56.379
 of that

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.919
 limited

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 life

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 but God

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.019
 is gracious

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.439
 to his

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 people

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 to work

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 even in

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 suffering

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.779
 to bring

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.339
 you to

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.199
 the man

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:08.279
 Jesus

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.879
 Christ

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:10.219
 his

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:10.839
 redeemer

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:12.659
 God's

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:12.839
 word

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.459
 it tells us

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:13.799
 doesn't it

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.319
 to come

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.779
 back to

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.019
 him

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.559
 to come

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.099
 back

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.079
 to his

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.779
 wide

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.519
 world

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.980
 to come

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.480
 back to

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.819
 his

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.259
 people

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.639
 to the

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.220
 church

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.559
 and to

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.799
 his

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.220
 redeemer

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.619
 the Lord

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.000
 Jesus

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.099
 not just

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.759
 with tears

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.359
 not just

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.000
 with crying

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.939
 but clinging

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:31.099
 to him

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.859
 determined

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:35.299
 so tonight

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.259
 is it time

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.980
 to finally

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.720
 decide

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:40.119
 to do

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.480
 that

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.539
 why not

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.839
 do it

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.259
 tonight

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.159
 to stop

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.700
 doing what

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.200
 is right

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.619
 in your

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.359
 own eyes

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.659
 are you

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.159
 tired of

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.599
 living in

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.119
 that way

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.799
 and come

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.279
 back to

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.599
 him

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.139
 and to

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.440
 say

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.019
 why should

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.460
 I go

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.799
 without

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.220
 bread

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.899
 why should

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.279
 I be

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.940
 outside of

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.720
 his land

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.759
 and his

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.119
 people

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.559
 and his

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.079
 blessings

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.659
 living in

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.220
 a corner

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:06.059
 in Moab

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.879
 let's

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.259
 pray

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:09.019
 as we

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.480
 close

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 Thank you.