Welcome to Women Of The Bible speak. Im Shannon Bream. Loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. In fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. Television icon Kathie Lee Gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. Every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. I pray. Thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. If i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. The book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the Old Testament. The story of david. But in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. And to have samuel, we have to have hannah. So hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. Scripture doesnt give us that much information about hannah. Interestingly enough, we dont know much of her background. She is an
welcome to women of the bible speak. i m shannon bream. loyalty to god does not ensure a life of happiness. in fact, loyalty can often lead to bigger challenges. television icon kathie lee gifford exemplifies the hardships and blessings that come from a life of steadfast faith, loyalty to god means putting him first. every morning i wake up before i have any other thought. i pray. thank you, lord, for your faithfulness to watch over me during the night, and i thank him for a new day. if i have a pulse, i have a purpose to be loyal to him. the book of first samuel begins with a narrative that will weave throughout the old testament. the story of david. but in order to have david, we have to have samuel, the prophet who anointed david to his great calling. and to have samuel, we have to have hannah. so hannah stands right at the center of this unfolding story. scripture doesn t give us that much information about hannah. interestingly enough, we don t know much of her backgroun
it s a feature story that is not about a woman of israel. it s about a know about woman. so, ruth marries into a family that actually left judea because of a famine, difficult circumstances. so she marries into the family when they re away from their homeland. but years later, tragedy hit the family. ruth and her sister in law, auba, became widows along with their mother in law, naomi. the three of them are now left unprotected without a man in that situation to watch over them in that particular time and place, it was necessary. so naomi, her mother in law, says, i m going to go home, back to my people, the people of israel. and both of her daughter in law say, we want to go with you. the three set off on their journey to judah. but as they traveled, naomi urged the young women to go back to their homeland as she continued forward. while all but turned around. ruth chose to stay and watch over her mother in law.
and what ruth does, of course, is go to the fields and pick up the scraps that the harvesters had left, because often it would be enough that they could then grind the wheat and create flour and at least have enough to live in her struggles. ruth began to be noticed. she is noticed by the wealthy landowner boaz, who in fact owned the field that she was struggling on and asked some questions about her and then discovered who she was. boaz, a relative of naomi, took favor on ruth when she humbly presented herself to him. but there was an even closer relative who could have married her before boaz that man declined. and boaz and ruth were married. so he was watching over her. and they turned into a love story where he ends up redeeming her and bringing her in, and she becomes part of the lineage of christ, too. so her story is so important. i think it s a beautiful one
and what ruth does, of course, is go to the fields and pick up the scraps that the harvesters had left, because often it would be enough that they could then grind the wheat and create flour and at least have enough to live in her struggles. ruth began to be noticed. she is noticed by the wealthy landowner boaz, who in fact owned the field that she was struggling on and asked some questions about her and then discovered who she was. boaz, a relative of naomi, took favor on ruth when she humbly presented herself to him. but there was an even closer relative who could have married her before boaz that man declined. and boaz and ruth were married. so he was watching over her. and they turned into a love story where he ends up redeeming her and bringing her in, and she becomes part of the lineage of christ, too. so her story is so important. i think it s a beautiful one