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Ruth 1:6-7

 "Every cloud has a silver lining"... that's a saying that maybe Naomi heard during those difficult years in Moab.

And a 'silver lining' does appear for Naomi!
Naomi hears that there is food back in Bethlehem.
The 10 year famine, in Judah, is over!


[Read Ruth 1:6-7]


In verse 6 we are told that the reason for the rainfall and the availability of food isn't agrarian, but is theological. How?


What can we read into the fact that it, apparently, takes the Israelites more than 10 years to return to God?

Why do you think it took the Israelites so long to repent?

They would rather suffer than repent.
And what is true of Israel is true of us... often we are quick to sin, but extremely slow to repent.
Do you agree with this statement?
Why or why not?


How can we become more sensitive to sin in our lives?


How do we see Naomi 'reversing the direction' of this story?

What is it that motivates this change of direction?


In verse 6 we are told "the LORD had come to the aid of His people by providing food for them".
The phrase "by providing food" more literally translates from Hebrew as "gave them bread".
How does this tie in to what we already know about Bethlehem and Moab?

How does this tie in to the same good news that we have today? 

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