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"Adventures In Ruth - Going Back Home!" Warriors for Life (WFL) Healing Through Faith!

Writer's picture: Col (Ret) Mikel BurroughsCol (Ret) Mikel Burroughs

Join Veteran SGT Steve McFarland as he share another great "Healing Through Faith!" evening with Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual Group Support this coming Tuesday night.

"Adventures In Ruth - Going Back Home!"

Tuesday's Topic: "Adventures In Ruth - Going Back Home!"


There may be "no place like home", but what if "home" isn't HOME any more? Naomi had left Bethlehem many years before, and if she went back, would she be welcome there? What would they think of the two Moabite girls she had in tow? Was this a mistake?


When we left Naomi, Ruth and Orpah last time, all three women had lost their husbands, so they were widows. Naomi was a foreigner, so she was left with no way of supporting herself, and even though Ruth and Orpah were “natives“, they weren’t going to find husbands on their own. For a woman, or three women, to be left alone in the world without a man or an extended family in those days meant that one of three things would very shortly happen: The woman would find a man to marry, she would become a prostitute, or she would starve. Thus Naomi, Orpah and Ruth were in very deep trouble. What will they do?


There was only one solution, for Naomi to go back home to Bethlehem, and for Orpah and Ruth to go back home to their families, in hopes that they could find another husband.


It wasn’t going to be an easy journey, because no matter which route they took, it was going to be at least seventy-five miles long. Moab was separated from Israel by the Salt Sea, the Jordan River, and a range of mountains, so they were going to encounter rivers to ford and mountains to cross. Unless they had pack-animals to carry extra goods, such as a tent, they were going back with little-more than the clothes on their backs. Were the routes even safe-enough for three women to travel alone? There were SO many unknowns…


NEW TIMES


Warriors for Life Healing Through Faith – Tuesday, 19 November 2019 at 4:30 PM PT, 5:30 PM MT, 6:30 PM CT, and 7:30 PM ET


Dial in 5-10 minutes early to test your communications!


Veteran SGT Steve McFarland will be the Host this Tuesday evening and is inviting you to a RingCentral meeting.


Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/4623907474


Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +1(773)2319226,,4623907474#


Or Telephone: Dial: +1 (773) 231 9226 (US Toll)


Meeting ID: 462 390 7474


Thanks,


Steve McFarland

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