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 I have forgotten to mention earlier that the DeLon lecture is at 7pm tonight in Cork Baptist Church.

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 I don't know if I mentioned the time.

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 So, verse 1, verse 1.

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 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land.

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 So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

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 The man's name was Elimelech.

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 His wife's name was Naomi.

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 And the names of his two sons were Malon and Kilion.

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 They were Epaphrites from Bethlehem, Judah.

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 And they went to Moab and lived there.

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 Now, Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died.

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 And she was left with her two sons.

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 They married Moabite women.

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 One named Orpah and the other Ruth.

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 After they had lived there about ten years, both Malon and Kilion also died.

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 And Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

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 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them,

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 she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.

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 With her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

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 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law,

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 Go back, each of you, to your mother's home.

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 May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me.

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 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.

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 Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud.

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 And they said to her,

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 We will go back with you to your people.

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 But Naomi said,

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 Return home, my daughters.

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 Why would you come with me?

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 Am I going to have any more sons who could become your husbands?

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 Return home, my daughters.

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 I am too old to have another husband.

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 Even if I thought there was still hope for me,

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 even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons,

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 would you wait until they grew up?

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 Would you remain unmarried for them?

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 No, my daughters.

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 It is more bitter for me than for you because the Lord's hand has turned against me.

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 At this they wept aloud again.

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 Then I'll pack, kissed her mother-in-law goodbye.

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 But Ruth clung to her.

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 Look, said Naomi,

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 Your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods.

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 Go back with her.

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 But Ruth replied,

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 Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you.

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 Where you go, I will go.

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 And where you stay, I will stay.

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 Your people will be my people and your God, my God.

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 Where you die, I will die.

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 And there I will be buried.

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 May the Lord deal with me,

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 be it ever so severely,

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 if even death separates you and me.

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 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her,

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 she stopped urging her.

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 So, the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.

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 When they arrived in Bethlehem,

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 the whole town was stirred because of them,

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 and the women explained,

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 Can this be Naomi?

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 Don't call me Naomi, she told them.

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 Call me Mara,

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 because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

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 I went away full,

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 but the Lord has brought me back empty.

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 Why call me Naomi?

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 The Lord has afflicted me.

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 The Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.

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 So, Naomi returned from Moab,

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 accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,

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 her daughter-in-law,

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 arriving in Bethlehem

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 as the barley harvest was beginning.

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 Father, we thank you for this word.

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 We pray for Gary as he comes

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 to explain it to us

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 and to apply it to our lives.

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 Please empower him by your spirit

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 to do that effectively now.

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 And Lord, incline our hearts

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 and our ears

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 that we may hear,

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 receive,

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 and put into practice

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 your word.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 It's good to be with you again this morning

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 for Ruth, take two.

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 We're in the second in our series.

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 And I wonder if you know

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 what it feels like

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 to be alone,

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 to be lost at sea,

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 to feel that you are

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 devoid of help.

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 There's nothing that can reach you,

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 nothing that can help you.

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 It's you.

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 You're all alone.

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 Maybe you're at school.

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 Maybe you've been

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 the brunt of the bullying that day

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 and you feel alone.

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 Maybe you've lost a contract

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 at work

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 and you feel that it's your fault

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 and you have that sense of

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 aloneness or isolation.

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 I suppose over the weeks

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 you will find that

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 I have a love for popular music.

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 And so Neil Diamond,

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 he had a thought also

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 about this.

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 And so he wrote this song

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 and he said,

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 L.A.'s fine

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 and the sun shines

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 most of the time

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 and the feeling is lay back.

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 Palm trees grow

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 and the rents are low

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 but you know I keep thinking about

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 making my way back.

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 He says,

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 Well, I'm New York City

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 born and raised

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 but nowadays

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 I'm lost between two shores.

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 L.A.'s fine

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 but it ain't home.

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 But New York's home

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 but it ain't mine.

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 No more.

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 And he goes on to say

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 that the song I am,

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 I said,

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 if you know the song

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 and I said it to no one there

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 and no one heard at all,

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 not even the chair.

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 He is alone.

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 He feels alone

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 in this world.

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 And I think

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 right here in this text

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 this is how

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 Naomi feels.

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 It's not clear

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 but in verse 5

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 where it says

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 Naomi was left

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 without her husband

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 and her two sons.

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 The actual

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 the Hebrew text

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 doesn't say

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 the word Naomi.

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 It's put in there

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 for our information

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 hopefully by the NIV

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 to identify Naomi

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 but actually it says

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 the woman was left.

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 It doesn't even name her.

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 She's left.

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 She's there.

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 She's alone.

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 She's left.

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 Can we get into

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 the emotion of that

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 that we have?

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 We're looking at

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 how is God merciful to us

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 in that instance?

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 She's there.

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 She's alone.

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 She's lost

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 literally everything.

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 She's lost her livelihood.

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 We remember last week

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 that she had

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 you know,

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 women in that culture

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 they needed

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 their meal providers,

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 their meal protectors

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 and in that culture

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 without a man

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 she was destitute.

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 She was facing

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 poverty.

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 She was facing

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 a life

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 of hardship.

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 Okay.

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 Ah, there we go.

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 And so we can think

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 of two questions.

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 Had a little fight

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 with the controller there.

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 Must have hit the wrong button.

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 So where do we

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 turn to

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 when we've got

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 nowhere else

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 to go?

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 When trouble comes

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 into your life

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 what's your first

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 port of call?

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 Where do you go?

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 Where do you turn to

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 when you're

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 in that

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 state?

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 When you need

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 a helping hand?

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 Where do you go to?

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 And so

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 we find that here

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 in the first couple of verses

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 in verses 6 to 7.

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 Let's look at them together.

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 And we look at

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 Naomi's

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 empty

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 return.

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 And she's

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 leaving,

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 she's decided to leave

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 this place of judgment.

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 It's a place

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 that's, you know,

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 as we read in the text,

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 she's saying

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 that she feels

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 that God is against her.

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 Somehow

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 she is attributing

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 her current state

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 of losing her sons

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 as an act of God.

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 And where is she?

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 Why should she feel

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 that way?

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 Remember that she's

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 in Moab.

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 And we have to remember

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 what is Moab?

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 What does Moab mean

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 in this story?

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 Well, Moab

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 obviously is the place

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 of God's enemies.

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 It's where God's enemies

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 reside.

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 They worship

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 false gods.

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 They sacrifice

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 their children

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 to idols.

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 In history

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 with Israel

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 they have,

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 you know,

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 they are the result

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 of an incestuous

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 event

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 between Lot

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 and his daughter.

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 They're the offspring

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 of Lot

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 and his daughter.

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 We read

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 in Numbers 22

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 that the king

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 of Moab

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 actually tried

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 to get the prophet

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 Balaam

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 to curse Israel.

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 So there is no love

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 lost between

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 these two groups

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 of people.

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 And in Numbers 25

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 actually the ladies

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 of Moab

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 have brought

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 the men of Israel

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 into sexual sin

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 and they started

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 worshipping

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 idols

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 rather than God.

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 And in this

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 time period here

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 and in Judges 3

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 12-14

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 the Moabites

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 have inflicted

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 18 years

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 of pain

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 and punishment

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 on the Jewish

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 people in Israel.

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 So of all the places

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 that Elimelech

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 decided to take

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 his family

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 and to take Naomi

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 Moab seems

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 a very strange

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 location.

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 It seems a very

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 strange place

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 to have gone.

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 And what did she

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 leave?

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 She had left

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 the people of God.

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 She had left

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 the promises of God.

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 She had left

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 the covenant of God.

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 She had left

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 the worship

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 of the true

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 and living God

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 and she had left

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 God's promises.

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 And so she decides

00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:50.659
 through this event

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 that she's now

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 going to leave

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 this place.

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 This place that has

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 in the beginning

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 had such promise.

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 She left a famine

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 in Bethlehem.

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 She went to Moab

00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:02.199
 seeking food

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 and all that she's got

00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:04.000
 is death

00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.039
 and disaster.

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 And that's where

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 we left

00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.279
 Naomi

00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.480
 last week.

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 And so she's decided

00:11:11.459 --> 00:11:12.039
 to turn

00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:13.480
 to the place

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 of mercy.

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 And there are

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 three ladies involved.

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 There is

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 Naomi

00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:22.379
 and Orpah

00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:22.980
 and Ruth

00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:23.840
 the daughters-in-law

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 and they've decided

00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.960
 to leave the place

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 of Moab

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 and they're

00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:31.139
 setting out

00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:31.539
 on a road.

00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:32.120
 They're setting out

00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:32.700
 on a journey

00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:35.100
 and they're turning

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 towards a new home.

00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.679
 For Naomi

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 it's returning home

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 but for these two

00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:42.580
 young Moabite ladies

00:11:42.580 --> 00:11:44.019
 they're facing

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 an uncertain future.

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 They're three widows.

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 They're alone.

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 They have no male

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 protector

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 and they're going

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 to make a journey

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 on their own

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 which is dangerous

00:11:53.060 --> 00:11:53.680
 in itself

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 and they're heading

00:11:55.540 --> 00:11:56.000
 back

00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.300
 to a place

00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:58.740
 of mercy.

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 And why is it

00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:00.200
 a place of mercy?

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 Well we learn that

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 from the text.

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 It's because God

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 has had mercy

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 on his people.

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 It says

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 when Naomi

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 heard in Moab

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 that the Lord

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 had come

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 to the aid

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 of his people

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 the word there

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 means visited.

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 He's come

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 around them.

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 It also

00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:19.800
 can be used

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 in a negative term

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 that the Lord

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 has come

00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:22.300
 to visit his people

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 in judgment

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 or chastisement

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 but here

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 it's quite clear

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 that whether or not

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 Israel has repented

00:12:29.479 --> 00:12:30.299
 God has shown

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 grace to them

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 and he has come

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 and visited

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 to them

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 and that he has

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 brought food.

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 He's brought

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 bread

00:12:36.579 --> 00:12:38.299
 again to Bethlehem.

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 And as we were

00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.279
 looking in home groups

00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.359
 on Wednesday

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 the word Bethlehem

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 literally means

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 house of bread

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 and God was

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 stocking up

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 if you like

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 the house

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 he was refilling

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 the house

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 of bread.

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 And so

00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:54.200
 God had visited

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 his people

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 and the thought

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 from Naomi

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.480
 is well

00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:57.860
 if God

00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.700
 has blessed

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 them

00:12:59.100 --> 00:13:00.460
 maybe I can

00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.139
 go back there

00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:01.820
 maybe God

00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.200
 can bless me

00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:03.899
 maybe I might

00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:04.600
 be able to have

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 some of that

00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:06.039
 bread.

00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:07.180
 In the law

00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.919
 it says that

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 the children of Israel

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 are to look after

00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:10.860
 their widows

00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:12.100
 so maybe

00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:12.960
 I can leave

00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.320
 Moab

00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.220
 I can return

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 home

00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:15.460
 and I will

00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.240
 find grace

00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:17.340
 and mercy

00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:19.220
 at home.

00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:22.419
 But she's empty

00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:23.779
 she has nothing

00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:24.720
 she went away

00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.460
 full

00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:26.460
 and she's now

00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.220
 heading back.

00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:30.259
 And so they head

00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.080
 off on the road

00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:37.840
 and we have

00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.879
 what I'm calling

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 a crisis of faith.

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 You know

00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.620
 we all start off

00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.100
 on a journey

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 and we all think

00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.159
 yeah

00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:45.600
 we're going

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 to climb

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 that mountain

00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:48.059
 we're going

00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:50.360
 to start off

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:50.779
 with a couch

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.439
 to 5k

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 and we're going

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.219
 to make

00:13:52.219 --> 00:13:53.039
 that distance

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 we all start

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.319
 off with

00:13:54.319 --> 00:13:55.339
 good intentions

00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:57.379
 and then somewhere

00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:58.879
 about week three

00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.919
 we realise

00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:00.339
 what we've

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 committed ourselves

00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.379
 to

00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:02.059
 we realise

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.759
 you know

00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.219
 I have to

00:14:04.219 --> 00:14:04.919
 come back here

00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.319
 three times a week

00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:07.079
 you know

00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:08.220
 for the next

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 and we suddenly

00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.480
 count the cost

00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.199
 of what it is

00:14:11.199 --> 00:14:11.759
 that we've

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.439
 agreed to do

00:14:12.439 --> 00:14:13.120
 whether it's

00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.799
 running around

00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.299
 a park

00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.479
 climbing a mountain

00:14:15.479 --> 00:14:16.299
 in this case

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 it's making a journey

00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:18.240
 and moving

00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.359
 an immigration

00:14:19.359 --> 00:14:21.519
 from one place

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.459
 to another

00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:25.979
 and so we have

00:14:25.979 --> 00:14:27.759
 a misplaced

00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.379
 faith

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 I think it's

00:14:30.199 --> 00:14:30.639
 interesting

00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.339
 that we have

00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:32.299
 a person

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.159
 after such loss

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.740
 she still has

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.519
 faith in her God

00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:35.279
 she still has

00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.539
 faith in the God

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:36.979
 of Israel

00:14:36.979 --> 00:14:37.579
 Naomi

00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:39.979
 setting out

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.560
 on that trip

00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.860
 she has

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.259
 faith

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:44.460
 but what

00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:45.000
 happens

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.200
 suddenly

00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.560
 as they're

00:14:48.560 --> 00:14:49.279
 walking along

00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.720
 Naomi

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.720
 decides

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.840
 do you know

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.519
 what I've asked

00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.019
 of these two

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.460
 girls

00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:55.840
 I've asked

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.320
 too much

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.620
 I've asked

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.019
 too much

00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.560
 from these two

00:14:58.560 --> 00:14:58.820
 girls

00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.360
 you know

00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.519
 maybe God

00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.860
 could bless

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.279
 them

00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.539
 in Moab

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.159
 maybe that's

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.519
 best

00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.639
 she decides

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.299
 that

00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:08.480
 those two

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:08.799
 girls

00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:09.379
 coming with

00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:09.679
 her to

00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:09.960
 Israel

00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.340
 is just

00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:10.740
 too much

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.379
 to ask

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:13.159
 and so

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.919
 that ensues

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.980
 this conversation

00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.879
 that we're

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.279
 going to look

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.779
 at here

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:18.159
 the majority

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.559
 of this

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:18.860
 morning

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.679
 this conversation

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.120
 between

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.600
 Orpah

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.059
 Ruth

00:15:21.059 --> 00:15:22.120
 and Naomi

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:26.079
 and so

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:27.100
 we look at

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.460
 that and we

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:27.980
 find that

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.299
 here and

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.579
 then in

00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:29.019
 verse 8

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.759
 then Naomi

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.419
 said to

00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:30.699
 your two

00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:31.399
 daughters-in-law

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.220
 go back

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.679
 each of you

00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:33.019
 to your

00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:33.379
 mother's

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.600
 home

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.060
 may the

00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:35.279
 Lord

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.820
 show you

00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.300
 kindness

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:36.680
 as you

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:36.980
 have shown

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.399
 kindness

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:37.759
 to your

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.000
 dead

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.440
 husbands

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.159
 and to

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.340
 me

00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:39.659
 so

00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:39.940
 she's

00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.240
 got a

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:40.420
 very

00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:40.860
 logical

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.540
 response

00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.680
 she's

00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:42.860
 saying

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.279
 thank you

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.860
 very much

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.960
 but I'm

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.720
 I'm

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.700
 setting you

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:46.960
 free

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.379
 you don't

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:47.759
 have to

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.139
 show any

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:48.519
 loyalty

00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.000
 to me

00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.700
 I want

00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:49.899
 you to

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.440
 go back

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.220
 to your

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:51.580
 mother's

00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:51.740
 home

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.060
 I want

00:15:52.060 --> 00:15:52.300
 you to

00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:52.779
 be free

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.300
 to marry

00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:53.740
 again

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.519
 I want

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:54.820
 you free

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.120
 to have

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:55.540
 a life

00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:57.379
 and in

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.800
 that she's

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.200
 showing us

00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:58.560
 a glimpse

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:58.879
 of her

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.040
 own

00:15:59.040 --> 00:15:59.320
 heart

00:15:59.320 --> 00:15:59.600
 and her

00:15:59.600 --> 00:15:59.779
 own

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.000
 grief

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.300
 she's

00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:00.540
 saying

00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:00.820
 there's

00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.000
 no

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.180
 don't

00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:04.420
 come

00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:04.879
 with me

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.899
 there's

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.120
 only

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.680
 heartache

00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:07.399
 there's

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.580
 only

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.200
 heartbreak

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.840
 there's

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.040
 no

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:09.379
 future

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.600
 with

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:09.820
 me

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:11.139
 and so

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.420
 she's

00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:11.740
 urging

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:11.960
 them

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.240
 to go

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.500
 back

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:12.800
 and they

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:13.340
 have

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.480
 a

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.080
 response

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:18.180
 and she

00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:18.639
 says

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.000
 in

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.820
 verse

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 10

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 we look

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 and said

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 to her

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 we will

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 go back

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.139
 with you

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.680
 and your

00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:28.000
 people

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.980
 it's a

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 good

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 response

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 the ladies

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 have

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:31.879
 resolve

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.200
 and they

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 say

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 no

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 Naomi

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 we're

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 we're

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 not

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:35.319
 going to

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 go back

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:35.939
 we're

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.159
 going to

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.519
 go with

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:36.720
 you

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.000
 and your

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 people

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:40.100
 but in

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 some ways

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.779
 in this

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 response

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.539
 they've

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 only

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 gone

00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.500
 so far

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.879
 and later

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.120
 we'll

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.519
 see that

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 Ruth wants

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 to go

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 just that

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 little bit

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.639
 further

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 they're

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 encouraged

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 they say

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 no

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 Naomi

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 we're

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 not

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 going to

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 leave

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 you

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 we know

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 it's

00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:52.980
 tough

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.539
 but we're

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.740
 going to

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:53.919
 hang

00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.059
 in

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.340
 there

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:59.179
 and you

00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.299
 know

00:16:59.299 --> 00:16:59.740
 sometimes

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 we also

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 look for

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 what I'm

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:01.919
 going to

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.220
 call

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:04.039
 looking for

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 the DIY

00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.360
 solution

00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:06.519
 you know

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.160
 the do

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.660
 it yourself

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 it's the

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 cheaper

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.819
 option

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.519
 shall I

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.900
 get someone

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.220
 to paint

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 my house

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.200
 no

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.579
 I'm

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:11.779
 going to

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.059
 go to

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.600
 B&Q

00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:13.440
 and I'm

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.640
 going to

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:13.920
 buy the

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.220
 paint

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.799
 and I'm

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:14.960
 going to

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.160
 do it

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.600
 myself

00:17:15.600 --> 00:17:17.140
 and

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:18.339
 so

00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.660
 Naomi is

00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.120
 looking at

00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:20.440
 herself

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.819
 and she's

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.140
 thinking

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:22.460
 how can I

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:22.920
 solve this

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.200
 problem

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.600
 what am I

00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:23.860
 going to

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.000
 do

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.240
 and so

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.600
 she has

00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:24.940
 another

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.779
 logical

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.319
 argument

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:30.619
 and she

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.000
 says

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.819
 return home

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.399
 my daughters

00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:32.899
 I'm too

00:17:32.899 --> 00:17:33.279
 old to

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.700
 have another

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.019
 husband

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.460
 and even

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.799
 if I

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 thought that

00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:35.939
 there was

00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.460
 still hope

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:36.859
 for me

00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.779
 even if I

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.099
 had a

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.359
 husband

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:38.799
 tonight

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.179
 and then

00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.679
 give birth

00:17:39.679 --> 00:17:40.240
 to sons

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.240
 would you

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.960
 wait until

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.339
 they grew

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:42.599
 up

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:44.879
 and so

00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.339
 she's

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:47.059
 using all

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.419
 of her

00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:48.859
 argumentative

00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.179
 skills

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.599
 all of

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.059
 her logic

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:52.279
 and she's

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.519
 saying

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:52.819
 look

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:54.539
 there's

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:54.859
 nothing

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.399
 here for

00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:55.559
 you

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.759
 I

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.179
 cannot

00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:57.079
 help

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.240
 you

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.519
 at this

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:57.679
 point

00:17:57.679 --> 00:17:57.960
 we need

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.119
 to

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.759
 understand

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.179
 a little

00:17:59.179 --> 00:17:59.359
 bit

00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.559
 about

00:17:59.559 --> 00:17:59.740
 the

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.079
 custom

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.980
 and the

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.299
 custom

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.740
 of

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.439
 marriage

00:18:03.439 --> 00:18:04.559
 if

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.019
 you were

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.359
 married

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.039
 and you

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.259
 had a

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.480
 brother

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.019
 and he

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.339
 was not

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.679
 married

00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:11.279
 and you

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.679
 died

00:18:11.679 --> 00:18:12.439
 and your

00:18:12.439 --> 00:18:12.759
 wife

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.379
 and you

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:13.700
 had had

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:13.839
 no

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.240
 children

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.700
 well then

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.139
 the custom

00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:16.579
 was

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:16.720
 in

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.659
 Deuteronomy

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.899
 25

00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.639
 510

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.720
 the custom

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.119
 was then

00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.539
 that your

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.639
 brother

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.100
 would marry

00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:23.300
 your

00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:23.620
 wife

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:25.140
 he

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.259
 would

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.400
 marry

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:25.560
 the

00:18:25.560 --> 00:18:25.740
 widow

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.960
 and

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.200
 then

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.380
 the

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:27.620
 first

00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.160
 child

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.380
 from

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.560
 that

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:28.920
 marriage

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.120
 then

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:29.300
 would

00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:29.460
 be

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:29.880
 considered

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.200
 the

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.580
 child

00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:30.820
 of

00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:30.960
 the

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.280
 dead

00:18:31.280 --> 00:18:32.120
 brother

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.400
 and so

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.759
 that his

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.080
 name

00:18:34.080 --> 00:18:34.620
 and his

00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:35.020
 inheritance

00:18:35.020 --> 00:18:35.240
 would

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.700
 continue

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.360
 and so

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:36.720
 this is

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.120
 what's

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.540
 going on

00:18:37.540 --> 00:18:37.740
 in the

00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.060
 background

00:18:38.060 --> 00:18:38.620
 of her

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.500
 her

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:39.680
 mind

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.360
 she's

00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:40.560
 saying

00:18:40.560 --> 00:18:41.640
 even

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:41.960
 if I

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.259
 got a

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.440
 man

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.840
 tonight

00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:44.060
 and even

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.340
 if

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:44.740
 we

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.040
 manage

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:45.300
 to

00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:46.020
 conceive

00:18:46.020 --> 00:18:46.480
 tonight

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.680
 it's

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:47.800
 going

00:18:47.800 --> 00:18:48.200
 to be

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.040
 another

00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:49.440
 18

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.020
 years

00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.980
 until

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.560
 there's

00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:51.700
 a

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:51.940
 son

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:53.660
 who's

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:53.880
 able

00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.220
 to

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.680
 marry

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.039
 you

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.980
 are

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.160
 you

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.440
 pair

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:56.640
 going

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:56.759
 to

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:56.940
 hang

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.220
 around

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.460
 that

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.700
 long

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:57.799
 are

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:57.840
 you

00:18:57.840 --> 00:18:57.980
 going

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.080
 to

00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.180
 do

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.380
 without

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:58.559
 a

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:58.840
 husband

00:18:58.840 --> 00:18:59.100
 for

00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.220
 the

00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.519
 next

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:01.299
 16

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.580
 18

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.120
 years

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:03.919
 and

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.139
 even

00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.479
 then

00:19:04.479 --> 00:19:06.019
 what

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.259
 age

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.419
 will

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.599
 you

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:06.939
 be

00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:08.119
 are

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.219
 you

00:19:08.219 --> 00:19:08.359
 going

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.399
 to

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:08.539
 be

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.939
 past

00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.299
 child

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.579
 bearing

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:09.879
 by the

00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.159
 time

00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.379
 there's

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.479
 an

00:19:10.479 --> 00:19:10.619
 old

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:10.799
 enough

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.039
 son

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.339
 she's

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.599
 saying

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.819
 naturally

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.339
 speaking

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.759
 this is

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:13.979
 a

00:19:13.979 --> 00:19:14.479
 hopeless

00:19:14.479 --> 00:19:16.159
 situation

00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:17.359
 hopeless

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:21.740
 and

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:21.899
 this

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.439
 highlights

00:19:22.439 --> 00:19:23.779
 Naomi's

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.179
 loss

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:25.459
 even

00:19:25.459 --> 00:19:25.859
 further

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.059
 it

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.579
 highlights

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.779
 that

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.039
 she's

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.279
 saying

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.579
 look

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.740
 look

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.079
 girls

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.339
 it's

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.539
 over

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.759
 for

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:30.939
 me

00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.939
 I've

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.179
 lost

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:32.399
 my

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:32.959
 inheritance

00:19:32.959 --> 00:19:33.740
 I've

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:33.959
 lost

00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:34.159
 my

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.539
 family

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:34.879
 I've

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.099
 lost

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.339
 my

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.740
 name

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:37.779
 I've

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.019
 lost

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.479
 everything

00:19:38.479 --> 00:19:41.439
 please

00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:41.619
 go

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.039
 back

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:44.460
 so

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.700
 what

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.180
 happens

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:48.099
 well

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:49.519
 as we

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:49.839
 see in

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.339
 the text

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:52.960
 we read

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.180
 on

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.359
 it says

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.000
 return home

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.200
 my

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.480
 daughters

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.819
 I am

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.019
 too

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.279
 old

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.579
 to have

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:55.819
 another

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.180
 husband

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.680
 and

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:57.859
 even

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.039
 if

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.159
 I

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:58.379
 thought

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.539
 there

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.659
 was

00:19:58.659 --> 00:19:58.940
 still

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.200
 hope

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.399
 for

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.639
 me

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.119
 even

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 if

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 I

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 had

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 a

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 husband

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.359
 tonight

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.200
 and

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.440
 then

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.619
 gave

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:02.879
 birth

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.079
 to

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.339
 sons

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.539
 would

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.659
 you

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:03.960
 wait

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.319
 until

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.500
 they

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.720
 grew

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:04.960
 up

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.700
 would

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:05.819
 you

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.159
 remain

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.619
 unmarried

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:06.819
 for

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.119
 them

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.859
 no

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.099
 my

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.460
 daughters

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.139
 it

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.259
 is

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.480
 more

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.720
 bitter

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:09.980
 for

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.299
 me

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.700
 than

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:10.920
 for

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.159
 you

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.480
 because

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.740
 the

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.120
 Lord's

00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:12.440
 hand

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.240
 has

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 turned

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.859
 against

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 me

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:16.160
 and

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.319
 at

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.720
 this

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.960
 they

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.319
 wept

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.079
 again

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.380
 then

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.680
 Orpah

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.039
 kissed

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.240
 her

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.880
 mother-in-law

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.599
 goodbye

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:25.579
 and

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:25.799
 so

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.240
 Orpah

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.680
 I

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:27.859
 can't

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 be

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.140
 too

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.400
 hard

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.539
 on

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.759
 her

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:32.940
 she's

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.099
 going

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.420
 back

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.559
 she's

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:34.759
 bought

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:34.940
 the

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.299
 argument

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.640
 she

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.120
 says

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:36.980
 you

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.099
 know

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.279
 what

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.599
 Naomi

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.900
 I

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.079
 think

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.240
 you're

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.400
 right

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.640
 I'm

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:39.759
 going

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:39.839
 to

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:39.960
 be

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.079
 an

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.420
 obedient

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.980
 daughter-in-law

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.200
 and I'm

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.299
 going

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.400
 to

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.519
 do

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.660
 what

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:41.759
 you

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.120
 ask

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.660
 I'm

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:42.780
 going

00:20:42.780 --> 00:20:42.840
 to

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:42.960
 go

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.280
 back

00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:44.060
 to

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:44.220
 my

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.560
 mother's

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:44.860
 house

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.840
 and I'm

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:45.920
 going

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.019
 to

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.460
 trust

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.500
 hopefully

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.800
 that

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:49.100
 God

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.280
 will

00:20:49.280 --> 00:20:49.560
 bless

00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:49.759
 me

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:49.900
 in

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 Moab

00:20:50.280 --> 00:20:52.040
 and so

00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:52.240
 she

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.560
 kisses

00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:52.780
 her

00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:52.980
 mom

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.240
 in-law

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.700
 for the

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.700
 last time

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.000
 and she

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.620
 sets off

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.600
 back down

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.660
 the dusty

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:58.920
 road

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.259
 alone

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.720
 heading

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.180
 towards

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.600
 Moab

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.819
 and

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:03.959
 this

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:03.980
 and this

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.199
 isn't

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.419
 without

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.139
 emotion

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.519
 we can

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:05.779
 read

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.019
 that

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.359
 there's

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.639
 loud

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:06.980
 wailing

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.359
 there's

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.879
 crying

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.240
 there's

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.659
 kissing

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:10.359
 embracing

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.039
 this is

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.219
 an

00:21:11.219 --> 00:21:11.679
 emotional

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.139
 mess

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:14.899
 I've

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.139
 seen

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:15.539
 those

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.679
 you know

00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.859
 goodbyes

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.539
 and coming

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:18.740
 home

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.139
 my son

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:19.639
 he was

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.159
 in America

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.599
 for

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.579
 for four

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:21.939
 weeks

00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:23.039
 and

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.099
 you know

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.719
 when kids

00:21:24.719 --> 00:21:25.019
 are there

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.480
 teenagers

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.000
 are four

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.319
 weeks

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.119
 on the

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.460
 day that

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.779
 they had

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.079
 to come

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.439
 home

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.200
 from

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.859
 America

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:31.220
 and they

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.740
 lived there

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.079
 you know

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.819
 for four

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.139
 whole

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.480
 weeks

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:35.639
 they were

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.619
 in tears

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.839
 you know

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.220
 they had

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.659
 a day

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.279
 of you

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.460
 know

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.019
 how to

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.279
 cope

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.460
 with

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.759
 going

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.079
 home

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.480
 you know

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.980
 it's like

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.439
 come on

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:43.740
 guys

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.720
 and four

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.099
 weeks

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:46.099
 and they

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.539
 were in

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.879
 tears

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.460
 the girls

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.879
 were in

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.279
 tears

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.159
 the girls

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.519
 that had

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.980
 found new

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.299
 boys

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.740
 and the boys

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:50.980
 that had

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.419
 found new

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:51.819
 girls

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.819
 transatlantic

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.419
 relationships

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.399
 via you

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:54.519
 know

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.319
 text message

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.779
 and they

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.139
 were all

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.840
 broken hearted

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.160
 and in

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.520
 tears

00:21:57.520 --> 00:21:58.660
 but this

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.200
 is way

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.680
 worse

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:01.580
 this is a

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.180
 decade of

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.800
 life together

00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.940
 this is going

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.780
 through grief

00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:05.340
 this is

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.280
 this is them

00:22:06.280 --> 00:22:07.000
 sharing

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.759
 in the

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.300
 bereavement

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:09.100
 throwing the

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.960
 the soil

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.060
 on the

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.440
 coffin

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.259
 of their

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.920
 loved ones

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:14.280
 and so this

00:22:14.280 --> 00:22:14.960
 isn't a light

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.480
 decision

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.220
 that Orpah

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.020
 makes but she

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:17.860
 makes it nonetheless

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.800
 and she decides

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.440
 to go back

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:23.500
 but with

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.820
 this

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.080
 narrative

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.220
 is wonderful

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.240
 is wonderful

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.819
 because of

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.359
 this lady

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.759
 Ruth

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.519
 Ruth's

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.079
 response

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.179
 is startling

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:33.039
 on any

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:35.119
 any kind

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.599
 of scale

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:37.240
 despite

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.319
 knowing that

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.179
 the future

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.879
 ahead is

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.299
 bleak

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.980
 despite

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.819
 knowing that

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.299
 it doesn't

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.919
 look good

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:45.059
 her response

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.439
 is outstanding

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:48.379
 let's read

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.960
 together what

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.579
 she says

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:58.039
 it says

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.839
 but Ruth

00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:00.000
 but Ruth

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.859
 clung

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.559
 to her

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.859
 look

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.699
 said Naomi

00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.699
 your sister-in-law

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:05.279
 is going back

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.839
 to her people

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.299
 and to her

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.659
 gods

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.079
 go back

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.539
 with her

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.500
 but Ruth

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.960
 replied

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.379
 this is

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.639
 this is

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.039
 amazing

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.039
 she said

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.619
 don't urge

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.220
 me to leave

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.460
 you

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.359
 or to turn

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.859
 back from

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.119
 you

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.099
 where you

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.439
 go

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.380
 I will go

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.259
 where you

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.660
 stay

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.640
 I will stay

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.259
 your people

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.880
 will be my

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.279
 people

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.019
 and your

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.360
 God

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.000
 my God

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.120
 where you

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.460
 die

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.360
 I will die

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.100
 and there

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.559
 I will be

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:25.880
 buried

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.400
 and may the

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.900
 Lord deal

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.259
 with me

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.700
 be it ever

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.440
 so severely

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.700
 if even death

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.640
 separates you

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.440
 and me

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:33.880
 wow

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.840
 she says

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.460
 I don't care

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.320
 I'm going

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.740
 with you

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.120
 Naomi

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:42.500
 but more

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.960
 than that

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:44.559
 I'm going

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.100
 with you

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:46.240
 and there's

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.759
 nothing

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.100
 that's going

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.759
 to stop me

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.380
 not even

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.740
 death

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.240
 from being

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.680
 with you

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:51.180
 and being

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.080
 your daughter-in-law

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:54.400
 I'm going

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.840
 to be there

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.160
 and even

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.500
 when you

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.860
 die

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:57.420
 even when

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.640
 you're

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:57.900
 buried

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.259
 I'm going

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.720
 to stay

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.259
 in your

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.599
 land

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.079
 with your

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.440
 people

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.859
 and your

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.220
 God

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.779
 and I'm

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.000
 going to

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.400
 die there

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.799
 also

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.519
 no matter

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.940
 what the

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.420
 cost

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:09.119
 wow

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:13.579
 I don't

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.900
 know about

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.200
 you but

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.500
 when I

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.279
 read this

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.960
 it's

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.720
 charged

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:16.940
 with

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.299
 emotion

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.640
 it's

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.079
 charged

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.400
 with

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.879
 just

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.259
 the

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.000
 amazing

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.799
 prospect

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.200
 that

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.099
 she knows

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.339
 she's

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.900
 a Moabite

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:25.660
 but there

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:25.960
 are a few

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.519
 questions

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:28.079
 that I

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.400
 have

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.680
 a few

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.139
 questions

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.500
 that I

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.599
 would like

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.639
 to have

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.079
 answered

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.579
 she's clinging

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.220
 to Naomi

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:37.639
 but what

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.000
 did she

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.519
 know about

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.879
 God

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.619
 what did she

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.259
 know about

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.940
 the God

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.359
 of Israel

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.940
 what had she

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.579
 learned in the

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.359
 ten years

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.220
 of being

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.900
 with Naomi

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:47.440
 about the

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.059
 God of Israel

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.079
 what did she

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.639
 learn that

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.339
 made her so

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.839
 determined

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.199
 to stay

00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:54.039
 and you

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.599
 can't say

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.000
 that she

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.759
 had witnessed

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.500
 great blessing

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.259
 you can't

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.759
 say that she

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.439
 had witnessed

00:24:58.439 --> 00:25:00.179
 you know

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.919
 an abundance

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.819
 of a joy

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.419
 filled life

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:02.819
 she had

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.179
 witnessed

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.599
 Naomi

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.459
 through pain

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:05.299
 and through

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.759
 suffering

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:11.259
 1 Peter

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.119
 3

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.879
 15

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.399
 it tells

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.799
 us to

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.359
 always be

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.839
 ready to

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.119
 give an

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.639
 account for

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:15.959
 the hope

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.179
 that we

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.559
 have

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.940
 and I

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.379
 think this

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.099
 situation

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.740
 here

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.799
 it says

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.220
 something

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.700
 to us

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.819
 that God

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.539
 can speak

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.079
 to people

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.899
 God can

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.319
 speak to

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.859
 people out

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.099
 of our

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.319
 pain

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.779
 God can

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.159
 speak to

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.659
 people out

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:28.940
 of our

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.339
 bad

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.000
 situation

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.879
 because

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.619
 despite

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.139
 the bleak

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.899
 situation

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.579
 Ruth

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.980
 wanted

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.119
 to choose

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.980
 Yahweh

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:38.359
 the God

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.819
 of Israel

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.519
 over

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.639
 the Moabite

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.099
 gods

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.899
 what had

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.539
 she learned

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.839
 that child

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.579
 sacrifice

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.519
 the God

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.879
 of Israel

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.399
 doesn't like

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.679
 that

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:50.099
 I like

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.379
 that

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.919
 about

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:52.539
 this

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.980
 Yahweh

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.879
 this God

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.319
 of Israel

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.119
 Yahweh

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.439
 being

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:57.839
 one of the

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.319
 Old Testament

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.919
 names for

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.099
 God

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.599
 the covenant

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.039
 name of

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.339
 God

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.619
 what had

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.240
 she learned

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.759
 that she

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.259
 decided

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.699
 that this

00:26:03.699 --> 00:26:04.059
 God

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.019
 it's better

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.480
 than

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.460
 my family

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.379
 it's better

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.939
 than everything

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:08.679
 that's familiar

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.220
 to me

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.839
 it's better

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.220
 than my

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.720
 security

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.299
 it's better

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.819
 than my

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.699
 possibility

00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:13.279
 of gaining

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.619
 a new

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:13.939
 husband

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:15.059
 it's better

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.399
 than

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.400
 it's better

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.759
 than

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.800
 it's better

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.140
 than

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:19.100
 that was

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.380
 what was

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.600
 running

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.200
 through Ruth's

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.460
 mind

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.080
 she didn't

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.440
 want to

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.920
 let Naomi

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.240
 go

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.860
 because she

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.420
 didn't want

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.940
 to let

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:25.019
 Naomi's

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.480
 God go

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.820
 and so in

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.960
 that Ruth

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.040
 reaches towards

00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:30.500
 the mercy

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.900
 of God

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.660
 she says

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.540
 no matter how

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:33.100
 bad it's going

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.440
 to be in

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.900
 Israel I

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.220
 think it's

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.519
 going to be

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.080
 better for

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.519
 me there

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.480
 than it is

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.259
 going back

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.780
 to Moab

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.700
 and she

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.120
 reaches

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.920
 and she

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.660
 clings to

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:40.960
 Naomi

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.360
 and she

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.840
 clings

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.100
 to mercy

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:48.339
 Ruth replied

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.219
 don't urge

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:50.039
 me to

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.539
 go back

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:53.240
 I want

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.799
 your God

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.159
 to be

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.879
 my God

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:59.919
 and I

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.359
 wonder this

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.719
 morning

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:04.839
 in this

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.519
 conversion

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:07.959
 because that's

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.359
 what she was

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.779
 doing here

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.139
 she was

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.599
 converting

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.099
 she was

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.559
 saying I

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.039
 don't want

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.299
 to be a

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.679
 Moabite

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.279
 I want

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.440
 to be

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.560
 an

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.019
 Israelite

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:16.980
 I wonder

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.220
 if you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.640
 could say

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.039
 that this

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.360
 morning

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:20.360
 maybe you

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.920
 call yourself

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.380
 a Christian

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.220
 maybe you

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.700
 don't know

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.019
 what a

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.279
 Christian

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.500
 is

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.880
 maybe this

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.120
 is your

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.600
 first time

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:24.840
 in the

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.160
 church

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.200
 but really

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.180
 as Christians

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.519
 we should

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.940
 be able to

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.460
 say this

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.759
 we should

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.160
 be able to

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.500
 say to

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.799
 Jesus

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.759
 I'm committed

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.299
 to you

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.180
 through thick

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.920
 and thin

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.980
 where you

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.640
 go I

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.019
 will go

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.380
 what you

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.740
 do I

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.200
 will do

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.440
 whom you

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.440
 love I

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.980
 will love

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.080
 I am

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.539
 with you

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.559
 not only

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.139
 in death

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.559
 but through

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.960
 death

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.139
 could we

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.500
 say that

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.980
 this morning

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.460
 about our

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.399
 faith in

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.659
 the Lord

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:47.879
 Jesus

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.279
 Christ

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.339
 that no

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.720
 matter where

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.059
 you go

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.299
 Lord

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.579
 no matter

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.940
 where you

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.299
 take me

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.619
 no matter

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.039
 what you

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.200
 do

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.559
 no matter

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.960
 who you

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.240
 love

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.379
 I'm all

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:54.579
 in

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.099
 I'm all

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.579
 the way

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:58.220
 till death

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.480
 do us

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.819
 part

00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:06.599
 and so

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.000
 they're going

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.000
 to return

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.180
 return

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.539
 and they're

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.759
 going to

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.160
 return

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.680
 back then

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.400
 to Bethlehem

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.119
 and so

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.799
 the story

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.559
 closes then

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.259
 in this

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.599
 chapter

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:16.539
 with a

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.900
 return

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.119
 they're

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.480
 returning

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.920
 to mercy

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.119
 they're

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.460
 returning

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.000
 to the

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.339
 promised

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.740
 land

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.480
 and so

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.039
 what happens

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.339
 on the

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.700
 return

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:24.100
 well

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:26.000
 if you live

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.440
 in a small

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.759
 town

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.100
 you know

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.420
 that

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.440
 gossip

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.019
 travels

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.840
 faster

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.539
 than air

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.700
 it travels

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.460
 faster

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.019
 you know

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.340
 than the

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.740
 speed of

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.019
 light

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:37.759
 I was

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.299
 chatting

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.220
 to Ross

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.620
 and he was

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.860
 saying

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.100
 you know

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.720
 there are

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.080
 not too

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.380
 many

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.240
 northerners

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.640
 down in

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:42.940
 Cork

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.700
 you know

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:43.920
 you don't

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.259
 see too

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.720
 many number

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.120
 plates

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.680
 so maybe

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.140
 that means

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.420
 you know

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.600
 my red

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.319
 car driving

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.860
 around here

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.360
 people are

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.940
 you know

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.460
 they notice

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.360
 and if they

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.740
 don't notice

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.180
 your car

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.460
 when you

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.799
 open your

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.039
 mouth

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.299
 you know

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.559
 when you

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.000
 go into

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.740
 the supermarket

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.180
 they say

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.620
 you're not

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.039
 from around

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.340
 here

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:58.360
 you're

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.700
 different

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.920
 and so

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.440
 the prospect

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.920
 of that

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.579
 is in

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.140
 Ruth

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.600
 she's going

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.000
 to face

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.299
 all of

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.519
 that

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:06.220
 but so

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.759
 is Naomi

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.160
 and so

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.779
 the buzz

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.380
 and the gossip

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.740
 of the

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.340
 small town

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.940
 it's there

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.700
 it's

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.880
 and they

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.240
 ask the

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.600
 question

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.079
 the ladies

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.620
 are saying

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.279
 is this

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.940
 Naomi

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.519
 let's read

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.019
 it together

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:19.279
 so the

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.740
 two women

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.220
 went on

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.600
 until they

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:20.920
 came to

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.519
 Bethlehem

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.820
 and when

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.160
 they have

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.680
 arrived

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.840
 in Bethlehem

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.680
 the whole

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.160
 town was

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.539
 stirred

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.940
 there was

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.380
 a noise

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.700
 there was

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.180
 a buzz

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:29.279
 and because

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.519
 of them

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.700
 and the

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.500
 woman exclaimed

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.200
 can this

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.600
 be

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.360
 Naomi

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:37.039
 is it

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.320
 her

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:38.320
 is it

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:38.840
 really her

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.980
 she left

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.600
 over a decade

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:40.920
 ago

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.259
 it looks

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.740
 like her

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.720
 oh boy

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.440
 but the

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.940
 years haven't

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.240
 been good

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.600
 to her

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.880
 she went

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.259
 away

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.860
 she was

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:49.179
 you know

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.719
 she was

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.119
 the wife

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.779
 of

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.179
 Elimelech

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.799
 she had

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.079
 two little

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.459
 boys

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.819
 but here

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.279
 she is

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.519
 she's

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.839
 alone

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.679
 and she

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.079
 has

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.000
 who's

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.279
 that

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.519
 who's that

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.500
 Moabite

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.519
 who's that

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.099
 girl that's

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.519
 with her

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.199
 maybe somebody

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.519
 should go

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.099
 and ask her

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:06.479
 and she

00:30:06.479 --> 00:30:07.259
 overhears this

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.599
 or someone

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.099
 builds up the

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.419
 courage

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.719
 and they

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.000
 say you

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.319
 know can

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.679
 this be

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.019
 Naomi

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.399
 and she

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.759
 said

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.879
 don't

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.540
 call me

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.160
 Naomi

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:16.740
 you see

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.180
 what's in

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.560
 a name

00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:21.480
 my name

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.740
 is

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.560
 Gary

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.240
 James

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.640
 Richmond

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.520
 I was

00:30:24.520 --> 00:30:24.840
 named

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.260
 by

00:30:25.260 --> 00:30:26.160
 my

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.520
 father

00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.100
 my dad

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.360
 is

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.320
 Henry

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.120
 John

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.420
 Richmond

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.840
 and for

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.380
 many years

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.920
 I cried

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.540
 and I

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:31.860
 said

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.620
 why didn't

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.040
 you call

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.220
 me

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.500
 John

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.780
 Henry

00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:34.180
 because my

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.600
 brother's

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:34.820
 called

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.080
 John

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.320
 Henry

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.640
 and I'm

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.020
 not called

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:36.520
 after you

00:30:36.520 --> 00:30:36.840
 and I

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.560
 cried

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.080
 because I

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.280
 had a

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.520
 different

00:30:38.520 --> 00:30:38.800
 name

00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.100
 for my

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.300
 dad

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.520
 and my

00:30:39.520 --> 00:30:39.760
 brother

00:30:39.760 --> 00:30:40.900
 that's

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.000
 what

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.220
 children

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.460
 do

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.779
 we're

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.180
 idiots

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:45.140
 and my

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.420
 dad would

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.860
 remind me

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.120
 of this

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.319
 she used

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.700
 to cry

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.840
 why didn't

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.039
 you not

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.380
 call me

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:50.140
 and you

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.360
 know

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.480
 and

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:53.819
 but Naomi

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.600
 she's rejecting

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.240
 all of that

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.059
 she's saying

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.519
 God is

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.240
 against me

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.100
 so much

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.620
 that I

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.900
 want a

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.360
 change of

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.519
 name

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.279
 call me

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.880
 Mara

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.319
 which means

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.620
 bitter

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:05.460
 because

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.759
 her name

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.240
 Naomi

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.660
 it means

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.039
 sweet

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.140
 what's in

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.420
 a name

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.079
 she's saying

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:12.000
 I don't

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.439
 have that

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:12.859
 identity

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.359
 anymore

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.019
 I'm not

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.539
 that person

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.980
 anymore

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:17.119
 see in the

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.619
 beginning in

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.199
 chapter one

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:18.659
 we started

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.159
 off with a

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.619
 flurry of

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.819
 names

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.279
 we started

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.759
 off with

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.419
 Limelech

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.039
 Malon

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.559
 Kilion

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.919
 you know

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.199
 what does

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:24.679
 name mean

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:24.939
 you know

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.279
 if you have

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.519
 a new

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.779
 baby

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.099
 and you

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.480
 name it

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.199
 it's all

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.659
 the promise

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.039
 all the

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.500
 promise of

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.759
 life

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.099
 all the

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.619
 promise of

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.519
 what lies

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.119
 before them

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.480
 all the

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.960
 promise of

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.399
 what lies

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.659
 in the

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.000
 future

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:35.819
 but here

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.240
 Naomi

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.920
 she's taking

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.279
 on a

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.700
 new name

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.079
 and she's

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.420
 saying

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.579
 I've lost

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.099
 everything

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:42.220
 all I am

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.319
 is bitter

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:45.359
 it's

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.920
 disappointment

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.900
 she's believing

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.539
 that God

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.960
 is against

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.200
 her

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.960
 and she

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.920
 she owns

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.140
 up

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.660
 she fesses

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.079
 up to

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.380
 your own

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.839
 mistakes

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:53.440
 and she

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.019
 owns up

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.799
 in that

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.799
 she has

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.339
 this statement

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.059
 in Ruth

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.799
 121

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.220
 where she

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.519
 says

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.319
 I went

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.720
 away

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.140
 full

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:02.680
 it was

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.460
 my decision

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.840
 to go

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.280
 to Moab

00:32:04.280 --> 00:32:04.580
 whether

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.340
 she was

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.920
 coerced

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.320
 by her

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.640
 husband

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.000
 whatever

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.540
 the reason

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:07.840
 was

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.140
 that took

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.360
 her to

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.640
 Moab

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.180
 she owns

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.440
 it and

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.780
 she said

00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:10.060
 no it

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.420
 was me

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.400
 I went

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.980
 but the

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.340
 Lord

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:15.420
 in his

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.800
 dealings

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.080
 with me

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.520
 he's brought

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:16.980
 me back

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.460
 he's brought

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.880
 me back

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.240
 here and

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.620
 I've come

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:18.980
 back

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.540
 empty

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:21.340
 just call

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.720
 me bitter

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:25.840
 and that's

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.220
 where we

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.400
 leave

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.960
 Naomi

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.440
 today

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:30.820
 she owned

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.179
 her bad

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.740
 choices

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:34.279
 but she's

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.799
 missing out

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.439
 what can

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:36.819
 she not

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.079
 see

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.439
 well she

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:37.799
 can't

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.000
 see

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.240
 that

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.579
 she

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.779
 has

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.039
 Ruth

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.099
 she

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.419
 can't

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.559
 see

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:40.740
 the

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.139
 promise

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.399
 she

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.679
 can't

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:41.799
 see

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:41.960
 the

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.319
 future

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.559
 she

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.819
 can't

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:42.919
 see

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.099
 the

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.359
 mercy

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.599
 of

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.899
 God

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:45.019
 and that

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.220
 Ruth

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.539
 has come

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.759
 back

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.139
 with her

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.899
 she can't

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.319
 even see

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.039
 the possibility

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.460
 of what

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.720
 God

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.319
 might do

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.960
 through

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.259
 Ruth

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.399
 and that's

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.740
 for next

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.200
 week so if

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.519
 you're really

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.939
 encouraged

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.439
 please come

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.759
 back

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:56.339
 but the

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.899
 mercy of

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.240
 God is

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.599
 there in

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.099
 that Ruth

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.899
 has come

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.279
 with her

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.700
 Ruth has

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.039
 claimed

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.740
 her God

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.359
 but here

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.859
 she's still

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.359
 known as

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.640
 Ruth

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.339
 the

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.759
 Moabite

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:07.039
 she still

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.579
 has that

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.480
 stigma of

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.120
 coming from

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.779
 another

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.319
 place

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:12.099
 and so all

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:13.339
 that Naomi's

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.819
 fears has

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.339
 come true

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.900
 she's not

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.799
 being necessarily

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.559
 accepted by

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.960
 the people

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.579
 she's there

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:19.620
 but she's

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.039
 there as

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.640
 the outsider

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.339
 she's there

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.700
 as the

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.000
 foreigner

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.539
 she's there

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.900
 as that

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.380
 lady the

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.740
 Moabite

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.039
 that has

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.480
 come with

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.859
 Naomi

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.220
 Ruth

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.440
 the Moabite

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.319
 we read

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.779
 that in

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.299
 the text

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.259
 don't

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.779
 call me

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.220
 Naomi

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.759
 she told

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:31.899
 him

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.319
 call me

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.700
 Mara

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.759
 because the

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.099
 almighty

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.460
 has made

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.879
 my life

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.419
 very bitter

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:35.819
 I went

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.059
 away

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.460
 full

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.839
 but the

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.180
 lord has

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.379
 brought

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.519
 me

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.759
 back

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.099
 empty

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:40.000
 why call

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.299
 me

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.279
 Naomi

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.819
 the lord

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.579
 has afflicted

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:42.759
 me

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.339
 the almighty

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.899
 has brought

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.500
 misfortune

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.099
 upon me

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.500
 and so

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.779
 Naomi

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.339
 returned

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.579
 from

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.019
 Moab

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.119
 accompanied

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.659
 by Ruth

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.259
 the Moabite

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.679
 her daughter

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.039
 in law

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:52.939
 and they're

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.599
 arriving in

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.219
 Bethlehem

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:56.240
 just as the

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.039
 barley harvest

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.139
 was beginning

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:59.819
 you see

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.259
 we have a

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.759
 harvest of

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.059
 mercy

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.659
 God's timing

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.459
 is perfect

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:05.299
 God could have

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.619
 brought them

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.579
 back at any

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.879
 time

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.779
 but he's

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.099
 brought them

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.839
 back at

00:34:08.839 --> 00:34:09.480
 harvest time

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.960
 if he had

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.360
 brought them

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.519
 back after the

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.199
 harvest all the

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.679
 food would have

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.279
 been collected

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.160
 and there was

00:34:15.160 --> 00:34:15.680
 no prospect

00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:16.160
 of them

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:17.120
 sharing in

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:17.540
 the harvest

00:34:17.540 --> 00:34:18.360
 but God

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.660
 has brought

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.000
 them back

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.300
 at their

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.900
 right time

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.920
 to share

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.760
 in the

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.180
 harvest

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:29.080
 if you were

00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:29.340
 at home

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.660
 grip you

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.060
 would have

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:32.000
 read this

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.340
 I stole

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.920
 this from

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.700
 my notes

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.780
 so I'm

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:34.940
 going to

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.200
 read it

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.460
 out

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:38.300
 Bethlehem

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.680
 the house

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.100
 of bread

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.519
 was being

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.980
 full of

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.280
 bread

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.980
 but this

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.420
 morning we

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.880
 haven't come

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.400
 here this

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.960
 morning to

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.780
 think about

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.960
 Bethlehem

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.380
 in itself

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.800
 we've come

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.159
 here to

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.059
 think about

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.440
 the Lord

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.220
 Jesus Christ

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:51.780
 and Jesus

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.940
 exclaimed in

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.840
 John 6

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.599
 35 he

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.139
 said I

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:56.300
 am the

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.940
 bread of

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.280
 life

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:59.159
 and Jesus

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.460
 is greater

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.860
 than a

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.539
 town full

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.000
 of food

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.260
 Jesus is

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.820
 the very

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.380
 source of

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.900
 all life

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.179
 and the

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.780
 creator of

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.519
 all things

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.400
 through his

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.840
 death

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:09.579
 we can share

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.300
 in that life

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.720
 together

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.420
 with us

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.579
 with him

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.000
 for all

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.420
 eternity

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.280
 you see

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.599
 lacking

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.180
 food is

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.659
 serious

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:17.460
 and hunger

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.019
 and famine

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.579
 well they

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.360
 destroy many

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.940
 lives

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.740
 but how

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.380
 more devastating

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.360
 it is if you

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.720
 don't know

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.159
 Christ

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:27.000
 to not know

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.760
 Christ is far

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.480
 worse than not

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.000
 having any

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.320
 bread

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.720
 how terrible

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.420
 it is to be

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.760
 hungry

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.019
 and not know

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.960
 where to

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.780
 find bread

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:38.100
 if you

00:35:38.100 --> 00:35:38.560
 know Christ

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:39.000
 this morning

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.320
 you know

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.600
 where to

00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:40.160
 find bread

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:41.680
 we have

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.400
 the bread

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.820
 of life

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.480
 if you

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.860
 don't know

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.120
 Christ

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.580
 this morning

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:45.240
 I can tell

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.519
 you

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.440
 where to

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.220
 fill your

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.519
 hunger

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:49.320
 and your

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.540
 hunger

00:35:49.540 --> 00:35:49.980
 won't be

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.360
 filled

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.320
 in the

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.920
 philosophies

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.160
 of the

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.340
 world

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.620
 it won't

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:53.040
 be filled

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:53.760
 on television

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.080
 it won't

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:54.440
 be filled

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.760
 by the

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.040
 lottery

00:35:55.040 --> 00:35:55.360
 it won't

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.720
 be filled

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.360
 by Tesco

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.560
 because all

00:35:57.560 --> 00:35:57.840
 of those

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.260
 things of

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.700
 this world

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.560
 are only a

00:35:59.560 --> 00:35:59.980
 temporary

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.780
 filling

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:02.480
 but Christ

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.600
 can fill

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:03.960
 you for

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.519
 all eternity

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.800
 Christ has

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.920
 bread

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.920
 that lasts

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.820
 forever

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.579
 he is

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.579
 the bread

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.099
 of life

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:15.800
 so I'd

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.119
 like to

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.519
 leave you

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.860
 with an

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.360
 invitation

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.019
 to come

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.119
 to come

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.559
 to Christ

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.460
 come to

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.860
 the bread

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.400
 of life

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:30.219
 I'll just

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.500
 read them

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.780
 out for

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:30.900
 you

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.039
 the

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.440
 powerpoint

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.960
 seems to

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.820
 not like

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.000
 me

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.500
 anymore

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:35.079
 Matthew

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.639
 11

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.239
 28

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.619
 says

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.059
 come to

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.260
 me

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.599
 all

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.820
 who

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.000
 are

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.280
 weary

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.500
 and

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.960
 burdened

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.260
 and

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.420
 I

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.559
 will

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.780
 give

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:39.900
 you

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.320
 rest

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.199
 take my

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.780
 yoke upon

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.119
 you and

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.639
 learn from

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:42.920
 me

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.880
 for I am

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.260
 gentle

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.039
 and humble

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.420
 in heart

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.719
 and you

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.139
 will find

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.659
 rest for

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.280
 your souls

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.059
 for my

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.460
 yoke is

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.800
 easy

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.500
 and my

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.760
 burden

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.199
 is light

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.780
 Jesus

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.280
 says

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.760
 come

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:54.019
 Jesus

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.980
 was calling

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.420
 back

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.320
 Naomi

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.739
 and Ruth

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.019
 he was

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.320
 bringing

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.840
 them back

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.559
 to Bethlehem

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.940
 he was

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.280
 saying

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.719
 come

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:01.059
 it's

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.760
 harvest time

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.360
 there's

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.900
 food in

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.400
 Bethlehem

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.680
 Jesus

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:03.940
 is

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.360
 beckoning

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.740
 you

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.280
 to come

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.019
 last week

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.559
 we thought

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.860
 about

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.420
 the

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.119
 prodigal

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.440
 son

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.900
 who had

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.559
 stayed

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.940
 in the

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.380
 far off

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.740
 country

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.420
 and then

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.039
 he decided

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.420
 that he

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.599
 would

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.579
 return home

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:16.160
 and so

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.840
 if that's

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:16.960
 you

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.160
 you're

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.639
 living in

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.059
 the far

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.240
 off

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.579
 country

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.160
 or you're

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.920
 living in

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.380
 Moab

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:22.460
 the blessing

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.019
 and the mercy

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.460
 of God

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.860
 is saying

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.119
 to you

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.559
 this morning

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.039
 to come

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.960
 home

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.880
 come

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.139
 home

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.519
 because

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.119
 Christ

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.360
 has

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.780
 paid

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.579
 a costly

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.000
 price

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.320
 so that

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.639
 you can

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.800
 do

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.099
 that

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.720
 he

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.280
 died

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.559
 on the

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:34.960
 cross

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.800
 he took

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.179
 away

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.019
 our sin

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.380
 he took

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.000
 our punishment

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.039
 so that

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.320
 we can

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.559
 come

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:39.860
 home

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.619
 so that

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.900
 we could

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.420
 partake

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.099
 of the

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.420
 bread of

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.840
 life

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.559
 amen

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.400
 let us

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.599
 pray

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.079
 together

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:48.559
 father

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.900
 god

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.320
 we thank

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.800
 you for

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.400
 the lives

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.920
 of

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.199
 Naomi

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.679
 and Ruth

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.419
 lord

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:54.859
 we thank

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.679
 you for

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.960
 Ruth's

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.859
 statement

00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.859
 in the

00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.359
 center of

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.960
 this chapter

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.919
 the turning

00:38:01.919 --> 00:38:02.279
 point

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.559
 lord

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.039
 we thank

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.399
 you that

00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:04.039
 she said

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.079
 no I'm

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.559
 not going

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.019
 back to

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.359
 Moab

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:06.980
 I'm going

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.500
 to Bethlehem

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.839
 and I want

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:11.460
 you to be

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.019
 my god

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.599
 I want your

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.579
 people to

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.960
 be my

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.359
 people

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:16.239
 and lord

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.219
 this morning

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.139
 if there's

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.739
 someone here

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.079
 and they

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.859
 haven't said

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.199
 that lord

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.679
 I pray

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.119
 that now

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.619
 as we pray

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.000
 together

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.360
 that they

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.920
 would say

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.940
 I want

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.760
 you to

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.179
 be my

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.440
 god

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.880
 I want

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.519
 the lord

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.800
 jesus

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.280
 christ

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.039
 to come

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.739
 into my

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.119
 life

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.860
 lord

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.340
 if there's

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.320
 a prodigal

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.719
 here this

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.079
 morning

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.400
 or

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.920
 lord

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.239
 we're just

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.920
 feeling far

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.480
 away from

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.400
 you lord

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.760
 that we

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.019
 would

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.920
 again

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.519
 turn

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.639
 from our

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.880
 sin

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.219
 that we

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.500
 would

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.880
 set our

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.260
 face

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.699
 towards

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.019
 you

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:47.099
 and that

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.380
 we would

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.960
 come home

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:49.280
 lord

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.639
 be with

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.960
 us

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.800
 the rest

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.039
 of the

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.280
 day

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.500
 lord

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.860
 would you

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.420
 bless

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.639
 the

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:52.940
 lecture

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.199
 this

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.539
 evening

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.559
 and lord

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.840
 would you

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.239
 be with

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.559
 us

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.480
 as we

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.059
 we go

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.579
 out into

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.820
 to

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.059
 carry

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.559
 a line

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.219
 and lord

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.519
 would you

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.059
 help us

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.920
 to share

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.539
 christ with

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.900
 others

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.679
 the bread

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.179
 of life

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.440
 in jesus name

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.760
 amen

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:17.080
 so

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:18.180
 and

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:19.100
 the

00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:19.360
 talk

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.540
 and

00:39:19.540 --> 00:39:19.800
 and

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.300
 all

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.600
 and

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:21.020
 those