Today I heard news of a supermodel committing suicide in India because of her failed love. There are so many such unreported incidents happening al over the world. Unfortunately, many in the name of love are taking their lives and causing great pain and sorrow to their family, etc. True Love never leads to tragedy but a joyful and hopeful future.
"Please love me!" Isn't this the whispered cry of our hearts? We all long for the security that love brings, but finding such love can be very difficult. "Yet we need to be in community with loving, faithful godly people in order to preserve our spiritual gains."
Ruth in the OT history was a young woman who had loved and lost and then persevered until she found love again. (Ruth 2:4-18). She lost her beloved husband and was left unprotected for a time. So she followed her mother-in-law, Naomi, to a foreign land and was forced to gather leftover grain from the harvested fields just to stay alive. Though Ruth was was not aware of it, the man who owned the fields was a relative who could , if he chose to, marry Ruth and fulfill her needs for love and protection.Naomi told her to go to the threshing floor where this man, Boaz, was sleeping and curl up at his feet. Culturally, this displayed a request to be taken care of. Boaz was quite happy to find Ruth there, and later he married her, providing the love and provision she had lost and now longed for.
In Christ, we will find all the love and security we truly needas well, for He cares for us very much. We can be sure that when we "curl up" at the feet of Jesus, He will be glad to find us there. He will provide for us, protect us, and love us. We also need to venture toward developing healthy love relationships with people in God's family.It may be scary to say, "please love me," but its worth the risk. No matter how we may have loved and lost, God wants us to move into a community that is bound together by His love. Amen.
Be Encouraged
A.Othniel
(www.aothniel.net)
Letter # 25 (27. 6. 2010)
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