Ruth

So, a few months ago, as we rang in the new year, I decided that I'd dedicate the next 12 months to changing. There were and still are a lot of things that I would like to change about me. The biggest being my faith and my spirituality. I get unmotivated very often and when that happens, I start to feel depressed and start to hate how my life is going. It was around one of these points when I was feeling completely lousy about myself, when my sister told me to go and download this 6-part series that Mark Driscoll did on Redeeming Ruth. That got me really excited because all of a sudden, here's something that I can do in my free time that will get me back on track. On my days of feeling lousy, my mom always seems to ask, 'Have you had a quiet time lately?' Of course my answer is no because I haven't actually had one in forever. ha. Problem one. So then I realized that this could be like my daily quiet time or devotion. I'm not really too involved in a small group or youth group so I'm having to resort to what I can. Turns out that the first podcast was amazing. I loved listening to him dissect the Bible in the way he did. Ruth really is an incredible woman and an amazing role model. I realized that she is the perfect example of living by faith. She followed her mother-in-law to a city that was unknown to her and not only unknown, but that hated the kind of person she was, a Moabite. She had to put her trust into a God she didn't even know. This was incredible to me. She had so much faith that she uprooted her entire life and religion to trust a God she didn't know or believe in. I know and love and trust my God. I know He is there and loves me too. But for some reason, I can't have faith in Him that things will be alright. I can't seem to hand it all over to Him and let Him take the wheel. How can I know so much about God, but not have faith that He will do what's right and never lead me astray? I want to be like Ruth. God said that with the faith of a mustard seed, one can move mountains. Ruth had the faith of a watermelon. (sorry for the bad analogy) Imagine what my life could look like if I just had faith that He could handle it all on His own.  

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