Have you ever admired something in someone, causing you to wonder: What makes them tick?
I’m not talking about wonderment in a swooning sort of way — more wanting to know what it is that motivates a person. What is their driving force?
The Bible doesn’t give us many clues but Naomi must have exhibited behaviors that Ruth applauded, eliciting a, “Hey, I want to be like her” response in Ruth.
This coming Sunday kids will be in worship as we celebrate All Saints Day, a time when we commemorate the lives of those who have shown us a picture of faith. Though this is a day set-aside to remember faith-warriors who have died in the last year, we can stretch our definition of a saint to someone who is living; someone who wears their faith on their sleeve.
Naomi must have worn her faith on her sleeve.
Ruth acted on her admiration for her mother-in-law Naomi. She made a startling choice:
Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Ruth 1:16b,c
Time Out. Talk about…
Ask these questions at the family dinner table. (Or wherever your family is gathered together.)
- What could have made Ruth decide to follow Naomi’s God?
- Who to you seems like they are close to God?
- Have you ever thought about asking them how they got connected to God?
- Identify people you know who seem to be “God followers.” Make a plan to ask them about their faith.
- What is it about YOUR faith that might make other’s think: “how can I be like them?”
How are you wearing your faith on your sleeve?
Photo credits:
A thoughtful child by Ryse Lawrence, in the Public Domain, offered at Pixabay.com.
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