Ruth’s Hesed is a sacrificial and compassionate love
- What do you see in your family, neighborhood, community, at work or church? Do you see the people with needs around you?
- As we approach the 2nd week of Advent ask God to show you the people who need your Hesed.
- If you feel like too many people need you, ask God to give you to fill you with the time and energy to meet the needs of others with loving kindness or Hesed!
Boaz’s hesed is a loyal and generous love
- In our cancel culture, it is easy to justify dismissing people around us, even family. But what if they need our loyalty and generosity?The second greatest commandment is to “love your as yourself.” It does not say that they will be easy to love! Our closest neighbors are those in our family! How can you follow Boaz’s example and demonstrate hesed, loyal and generous love to those closest to you?
The greatest hesed is God’s gift of love
- In week 2 of adventing the arrival of the savior, remember that every single day, God is silently, providentially carrying out his plan. Even if you don’t see it.
- Then ponder and marvel at the 3rd stanza from our theme song: O Little Town Of Bethlehem:
How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is giv’n!
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heav’n.
No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in.
