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Hello Beautiful,

How are you doing? And how has the lockdown been on your end? Eased or still very much on? I understand some of us have returned to work, how has it been for you? I really want to know. I am still working from home for now. May God’s Covenant of Protection abide with our families and us now and always. Amen!

Recently I was meditating on the story of Ruth, and I began to wonder why she decided to follow Naomi to serve her GOD. What exactly made her willingness to follow her despite the ‘calamities’ she had just faced? Would we say that it was a case of the good deeds Ruth saw in Naomi’s life? Not quite! For Naomi, it was the opposite. Nothing was exciting about a woman who lost her husband and two grown-up sons. That was Naomi’s case. If anything, what Naomi had encountered is enough to cause any believer to backslide, let alone someone to be able to convince someone from a background where they worshipped gods to follow her. So I am sure we can all agree it was not Naomi’s result that could have given Ruth such unmatched conviction. What a resolve Ruth had!

There is more to how we can attract people to the kingdom of God than mere material possessions. There is the fruit of the spirit, unseen but has the most significant impact. Isn’t that why it is written that things that are seen are temporal while things unseen are permanent (2Corithians 4:18). The kingdom of God is beyond the physical, and if others must hold unto our skirt to serve our God (Zechariah 8:23), we must have more than what is easily and already obtainable in the world, the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). The fruit of the spirit makes all the difference. I can imagine how Naomi handled disputes between herself and her husband, or between her sons or even between Ruth and Orpah…with so much humility and gentleness I assume. These amongst others must have ticked the boxes for Ruth that resulted in her resolve to follow Naomi at all cost. Even the mannerism of her speech from the account in Ruth 1, speaks volume to her person.

What kind of person do you become in the face of adversity? And if there is anything this global pandemic has reinforced is that vanity upon vanity, all is vanity. The things the world is currently thriving on now is love. Not the Ferraris, or the Bugattis. So, Sis if we would be the reason many will find their way back to God, we must build godly character, let your words be seasoned with grace (Colossians 4:6) for by their fruits (Matthew 7:15) we shall know them.

Loads of love,

 Your  Sis

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