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Returning Home
I lost everything - my apartment, I was flunking out of college and I had no money.
Finally I was hospitalized and spent two months in the hospital.
I was put on medication.
I About a year and a half ago after my hospitalization, the voices went away.
I was very happy.
I have been discriminated against because of this diagnosis.
For example, I had a job at a restaurant.
My boss knew I was a member of a psycho-social club, a place where the psychiatrically disabled got jobs, socialized and trained for work.
The Director got the job for me at the restaurant.
The owner wouldn’t let me wait tables, even though I had experience.
So I bussed tables and didn’t get any tips from the other waitresses for helping them.
None of the other waitresses were friendly and they all hung out together and ignored me.
The way I have coped with this illness has been to take my medicine, eat well, get enough sleep and make sure to structure my day and not isolate.
I also go to therapy and talk about what is bothering me in order to learn how to cope with situations.
Returning Home
Opening: Turn to Ruth ch. 1.
We don't like hypocrites.
We don't like people who say one thing and do another.
We root against people who think they are perfect and act imperfectly.
But, we root for those who fall, who admit their mistakes, and step back into the arena, with flaws for all to see, to overcome their challenges, pain, and setbacks to accomplish something great.
We all love a comeback.
Everyone loves a comeback story!
And we love a miraculous, improbable comeback story that features an imperfect, relatable hero even more.
Their failures have been both seen and well documented by everyone.
The critics said they couldn’t or wouldn’t.
Everyone loves a comeback story!
And we love a miraculous, improbable comeback story that features an imperfect, relatable hero even more.
Their failures have been both seen and well documented by everyone.
The critics said they couldn’t or wouldn’t.
But they didn't give up.
We cheer because we know how hard they worked and how much courage it took for them to battle through all the adversity, all the pain, all the doubt, and all the personal challenges.
The world tries to define us by the mistakes of our past.
But history defines us by how we responded, how we learned, improved, made amends, persevered and what you accomplished afterwards.
scandal infidelity A few weeks ago we began an exciting brand new series through the book of Ruth.
Most will tell you the tougher part is having to lie in bed at home for a few weeks, regaining their strength.
But, this is the normal necessary process to “comeback” from an illness like pneumonia.
A few weeks ago we began an exciting new series through the book of Ruth.
Last time we consider choices and consequences and we saw how even when bad choices are made God is in the background and can still work all things for the good for His children who are called according to His purposes ().
This morning we pick up the story with Naomi dealing with a cumulative triple whammy.
She lost her husband which by itself would be enough grief to last most people for the rest of their life.
Then ten years later she suffers the equally painful double-barreled loss of her only two sons: Mahlon and Chilion (1:5).
The world tries to define us by the mistakes of our past.
But history defines us by how we responded, how we learned, improved, made amends, persevered and what you accomplished afterwards.
scandal infidelity A few weeks ago we began an exciting brand new series through the book of Ruth.
Last time we consider choices and consequences and we saw how even when bad choices are made God is in the background and can still work all things for the good for His children who are called according to His purposes ().
I finally was hospitalized and spent two months in the hospital.
I was put on medi- cation.
I had lost everything - my apartment, I was flunking out of college and I had no money.
About a year and a half ago after my hospitalization, the voices went away.
I was very happy.
Imagine hearing someone talk to you and not be able to see them.
The voices teased me, made fun of me and scared me.
I have been discriminated against because of this diagnosis.
For example, I had a job at a restaurant.
My boss knew I was a member of a psycho-social club, a place where the psychiatrically disabled got jobs, socialized and trained for work.
The Director got the job for me at the restaurant.
The owner wouldn’t let me wait tables, even though I had experience.
So I bussed tables and didn’t get any tips from the other waitresses for helping them.
None of the other wait- resses were friendly and they all hung out together and ignored me.
The way I have coped with this illness has been to take my medicine, eat well, get enough sleep and make sure to structure my day and not isolate.
I also go to therapy and talk about what is bothering me in order to learn how to cope with situations.
Luter, A. B. (2003).
Expositions of the Book of Ruth.
In Ruth & Esther: God behind the Seen (p.
31).
Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications.
Last time we consider choices and consequences and we saw how even when bad choices are made God is in the background and can work all things for the good for His children who are called according to His purposes (Rom.
8:28).
Naomi’s case, she was dealing with a cumulative triple whammy.
Losing your spouse () would be enough grief to last most people for quite some time (in not a few cases, for the rest of their lives).
But, it was only a matter of time (1:4) before Naomi would also suffer the equally painful double-barreled loss of her only beloved sons: Mahlon and Chilion (1:5).
This morning we pick up the story with Naomi dealing with a cumulative triple whammy.
She lost her husband which by itself would be enough grief to last most people for the rest of their life.
Then ten years later she suffers the equally painful double-barreled loss of her only two sons: Mahlon and Chilion (1:5).
Naomi was not just at the bottom of the barrel in trying to sustain her existence without the financial support of husband or sons.
The barrel had fallen on her with the overwhelming emotional force of finality and despair.
with a cumulative triple whammy.
Losing your spouse () would be enough grief to last most people for quite some time (in not a few cases, for the rest of their lives).
But, it was only a matter of time (1:4) before Naomi would also suffer the equally painful double-barreled loss of her only beloved sons: Mahlon and Chilion (1:5).
Just as there is a process to comeback from an illness, injury, adultery, or a scandal, there is process to work through to comeback from an emotionally and spiritually devastating loss such as grief.
The comeback from grief is far more difficult and unpredictable than another other comeback.
Unlike other comebacks grief comebacks are not neat and methodical.
They vary greatly, not only from person to person, but even from one specific loss to another.
This morning we are going to see that for God’s children, God is in the background even we lose our way turn our backs on God and go off into the far country.
This morning we find Naomi not just at the bottom of the barrel but the barrel has fallen on her with the overwhelming emotional force of finality and despair.
1. Returning to God (vv.6-13)
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people by giving them bread.
7 Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house.
The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 The Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.”
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people by giving them bread.
7 Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house.
The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 The Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.”
So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
10 And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me?
Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband.
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