********* RADICAL RELATIONSHIP ********** RUTH 1 : 6 - 18. Mother-in-law! Generation after generation, may be throughout the world, the word mother-in-law seems to be the most hated word by most of the young women! It is almost impossible to see a healthy relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law. But our Bible silently challenges us all about this! Even though the Book of Ruth seems to deal with the redemption story, in its lines, subtly and silently, Ruth and Naomi exhibits the victory of power of love over love of power in their relationship. In fact, the entire book of Ruth may be treated as a manual!. You know the story! Even if every thing is peaceful , having a healthy relationship is so difficult, but here we see, even in the most adverse circumstances Naomi and Ruth breaking our traditional view about tough relationships! Even if the husband is alive, many a young woman prefer not to spend much time with the mother-in-law, but even after her husbands death Ruth was so stubborn in her decision to go to an unknown land with her mother-in-law! Daughter-in-law or daughter-in-love? Is it possible? Not just Ruth, but even Naomi, with all her loss and suffering, was so meticulous and relentless in her attempt to bring Ruth and Boaz closer! In fact one of the point that moved Boaz was the news he heard about the relationship between Ruth and Naomi! Even after the marriage, Naomi didnt just disappear from the scene but active in taking care of their children! Mother-in-law or mother-in-love? Is it possible? It looks like a fairy tale, is it not so? Dear friend, I am not just writing about the in-laws relationship; we all know that we all are having one or other challenging person in our life loving whom is almost impossible! Christian master torturing servant; Senior pastor silencing juniors; Rich Christians ignoring poor; Color and caste biased disciples; Matured saints and new converts; The list of unhealthy relationships, we traditionally accepted as normal, seems endless; We simply ignore the Biblical truth about love and carefully hide under the shelter of fellowship of like-minded people! We label and set aside some people without realizing the way the HOLY GOD opened the WAY for the unworthy sinners like us! We preach grace but seldom exhibit grace! The battle between power of love and the love of power is the ultimate test to prove a person as a disciple! Power of love overcoming love of power is almost impossible! But, nothing is impossible to GOD! ***************************************************** BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN ( I JOHN 1 : 7 ). ***************************************************** To read more devotions, kindly visit and like the page https://facebook/pages/A-Sojourners-Diary/25613382123021
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:15:10 +0000
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