Sunday, January 31, 2021

A Biblical Love Story (part one)

 

We often think of 'Valentines Day' as being fun and whimsical as with the above Peanut cartoon. But there is more to say about it then just celebrating it one day of the year, or even life being a fun cartoon. 

I ran across the story of Ruth and Boaz recorded in the Bible this morning, and what a love story for us, it is.

It is quite long, but I think it is interesting from its author's viewpoint and the Bible, of coarse and so for the next several days, I am going to reprint it in parts. One for each day to the end. 

Starting off will be the introduction, which can be found at:  The unique Love story of Ruth & Boaz - Good News of the Gospel Way, should you decide to go there to read the entire account before we reach the end of it here on my blog.

I hope you enjoy it, as did I.


The unique Love story of Ruth & Boaz

If you were to name some classic love stories you might suggest Helen of Troy & Paris (igniting the Trojan War dramatized in the Iliad), Cleopatra and Mark Antony (whose love entwined Rome in a civil war with Octavian/Augustus Caesar ), Romeo & Juliet, Beauty & the Beast, or perhaps Cinderella & Prince Charming.  In them, history, pop culture and romantic fiction come together in offering passionate love stories that captivate our hearts, emotions and imaginations.

Ruth & Boaz Love Story

Amazingly, the love that sparked between Ruth & Boaz has proved far more enduring and noble than any of these love affairs, and in fact, still affects the lives of all the billions of us living today – more than three thousand years after these lovers met.  Their romance is also a picture of a mystical and spiritual love offered to you and me.  The story of Ruth and Boaz deals with cross-cultural & forbidden love, immigration and the relationship between a powerful man and a vulnerable woman – applicable in today’s #MeToo era.  It becomes a blueprint for us on how to establish a healthy marriage.  By any of these measures the love story of Ruth & Boaz is worth knowing.

Their love is recorded in the Book of Ruth in the Bible.  It is a short book – only 2400 words long – and is well worth reading (here).  It is set about 1150 BCE, making this the oldest of all recorded love stories.  It has been made into several films. 

(To be continued.....)

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For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him, will not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. May God's ever presence in your life, bless you!

















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