“It grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” She was bitter that she was without husband and sons and attributed her circumstances to God’s discipline. The thee women wept together.
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Dark Moments
Naomi and her husband, Elimelech, had two grown sons, Mahlon and Chilion, and lived in Bethlehem many centuries ago. Because of a severe famine in Judah, this family migrated to Moab on the east side of the Dead Sea. While there, Elimelech died and Mahlobn and Chilion married two Moabite women – Ruth and Orpah respectively. After ten years, Naomi’s two sons died. Naomi heard the famine had ended, and decided to return to her people, the Jews in Bethlehem. Her two daughters-in-law pleaded to go with, but Naomi urged them to turn back saying, “It grieves me very much Read More