The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel
Ruth 2:8-12
Ruth 2:8-12 says, “Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women. Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.’ So she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him. ‘Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me since I am a foreigner?’ And Boaz answered and said to her. ‘It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth and have come to a people whom you did not know before. The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” Boaz saw Ruth’s heart, took notice of her honorable character, and blessed her for it. What does this scripture tell you about God? What does this scripture tell you about man? Since this is God’s word what changes do I need to make in my life? Whom am I going tell or share with?
- In several African tribal communities, September is marked by the celebration of major traditional festivals, strengthening and/or renewal of altars and covenants with their deities.
- It is marked by offerings and sacrifices to the gods, drumming and dancing, sacred assemblies, resolutions and attempts at development of communities, ceremonies of rites of passage especially circumcision ceremonies in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- In some of the cultures it is a month of religious processions, music, dancing and theatrical exhibitions.