One of my all time favorite stories from the Old Testament
is of two women, nomads, associated to a long, arduous,
dangerous journey of survival. In that journey Naomi
instructed her daughters to return and not travel with
her, return to safety, don't go with me. This feeling
statement is one that you may grow to respect as we
look into it, it is a feeling statement, but it is also
so much more, feel this with me this morning:
Rth 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee,
[or] to return from following after thee:
for whither thou goest, I will go; and where
thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be]
my people, and thy God my God:
Three things mean something in love:
1) Is it real - do you mean it?
2) Can it last - test of time and strain?
3) Does it allow you to grow?
When you love someone, another person, it's very
helpful if they also love you in equality, for
love which isn't returned in kind can be very lonely.
When you love someone, another person, it's very
helpful if they remain true to you as you to them.
When you love someone, another person, it's very
helpful if they see you not as you are, but as you
can become.
Tomorrow we will begin an earnest journey, it's a hard
journey, but we will also have to return to the guide
of the Holy Spirit that I asked to lay aside during
the holidays. Please pray for that venture as this is
a tightly woven set of truths about the end of time,
love, and, you. Let us pray:
Per Signum Crucsis (By The Sign of the Cross)
De Inimicsis Nostre (From our Enemies)
Libera Nos, Deus Noster (Deliver us, our God)
In Nomine Patris (In the name of the Father)
Et Filii (and of the Son)
Et Spiritus SAncti (and of the Holy Spirit)
Amen
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