My Redeemer…

Written by FAVORED1 on January 14, 2010 – 2:58 pm -

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Teach me Your ways, O LORD, that I may live according to Your Truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor You. With all my heart I will praise You, O LORD my GOD. I will give glory to Your name forever, for Your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death.

[Psalm 86:11-13 New Living Translation]

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Train me, GOD, to walk straight;
      then I’ll follow Your true path.
   Put me together, one heart and mind;
      then, undivided, I’ll worship in joyful fear.
   From the bottom of my heart I thank You, dear LORD;
      I’ve never kept secret what You’re up to.
   You’ve always been great toward me—what love!
      You snatched me from the brink of disaster!
[Psalm 86:11-13 The Message Bible]

My Redeemer …

Good Afternoon Beloved,

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above,
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.

Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness lost in His love.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
“Blessed Assurance” Fanny J. Crosby, 1873 Phoebe P. Knapp, 1873

One of the greatest human love stories’ in the bible is the story of Ruth and Boaz. I’ve mentioned them before. A woman from a pagan culture that practiced child-sacrifice among other things, leaves her land to travel with her mother-in-law to her home. She has never been there before, and does not know anyone but her mother-in-law. Her husband, father-in-law and brother-in-law are all dead… her sister-in-law bails. It’s just the two women and Naomi is well-advanced in years. We don’t know much about what kind of life Ruth had back at home, but we learn that she had no problem with hard work. She was respectful, even asking Naomi’s permission to work the fields. She traveled to a culture that was difficult under normal circumstances, but there was little provision made for two widows who basically had to start over with practically nothing. No social services, food stamps, or medicare. Then one day, as she is working, unbeknownst to her the owner of the field takes notice of her and begins to ask questions about her. No doubt she was the talk of the town, a young, beautiful stranger from Moab that was actually decent, mannerable and pure. They also noticed how attentive she was to the needs of her mother-in-law. No one could say anything about her other than that she was a virtuous woman. What a testimony! In the whole town, I’m sure there were ‘haters’. People that would have hated her for no other reason than that she was from the land of Moab. She would have been considered ‘tainted’…remember the Moabites were the descendants of Lot’s incestuous relationship with his first-born daughter. To say they were “frowned upon” by the people of Judah would be quite an understatement. Boaz willingly agrees to become what was known as Ruth’s “kinsman redeemer”. In those days, the wife of the deceased could marry a near relative of the man so that a son could be produced and the name of the deceased not be wiped out amongst their people. Lineage was very important to them. Boaz provided for not only Ruth, but Naomi as well. He saved them from a life of poverty and maybe even death. Well, Jesus is our ‘kinsman redeemer’. We were bought and purchased by Him with His blood, through His atoning sacrifice. Adopted into the family of God… The Bride of Christ… set aside.. blessed… highly favored.

…. now THAT Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day!

Regina