THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHADOW AND LEARN AT THE FEET OF JESUS
EXAMPLE 1: RUTH (Book of Ruth in the Old Testament)
RABBINICAL HISTORIANS TELL US THAT RUTH WAS THE DAUGHTER OF KING EGLON OF MOAB AND SO WAS ROYALTY. RUTH WAS SAID TO BE MODEST, KIND, BEAUTIFUL, UPRIGHT, LOYAL, AND TRUSTED A GOD SHE GREW TO LOVE. RUTH WAS COMMITTED TO NAOMI AND HER GOD. THIS CHOICE SHE MADE MEANT SHE MAY HAVE TO LIVE IN POVERTY AND WORK HARD TO PROVIDE FOR HERSELF AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW. SHE HUMBLED HERSELF, GLEANING FOR FOOD, NOT FIGHTING WITH ANYONE, AND OBEDIENT TO HER MOTHER-IN-LAW.
SHE HUMBLED HERSELF WITH BOAZ, THE KINSMEN REDEEMER WHO IN RUTH 3:10 CALLED HER BLESSED OF THE LORD, KIND AND VIRTOUS. SHE LAID AT HIS FEET UNTIL THE MORNING AND GOD LIFTED HER UP BY MARRIAGE TO BOAZ, BEARING A CHILD WHO WAS IN THE LINEAGE OF JESUS.
AS JAMES 4:10 SAYS HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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