Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with desperate determination:

“At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth clung to her.”
(Ruth 1:14)

O Jesus.

What a picture.

All of their husbands were dead.

Their mother-in-law’s prospects appeared so bleak that she was leaving town.

Logic said this was the moment when her two daughters-in-law should kiss her good-by.

That was the smart play and Orpah took it.
But her sister didn’t.

Ruth clung.

On the surface, it made no sense.

To Orpah, it had to look like Ruth was stepping off a cliff.

There was no way Ruth could have known that by taking this huge risk

she would meet an awesome man in Bethlehem
that their great grandson would become King David

and that 2,000 years later, one of her grandsons

would become the Messiah:

You.

So what will I do next time tragedy strikes?

I’ll cling.

To Ruth’s Great Grandson.

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1 Kings 2:1-4; Psalms 31:6; Jonah 2:8; Matthew 1:5-16; John 12:20-21; Acts 4:8-12; Romans 12:9; Romans 14:9-12; Hebrews 2:5-9; Hebrews 12:2-3

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.