WEEK 2: Ruth 1  

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Shuffle the Deck - get your creative juices flowing
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Play Your Hand - express yourself

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Shuffle the Deck

1. Postcard. Create a tourist postcard for one of your favorite places on earth, whether it be a great vacation spot (like the Bahamas) or a big comfy chair with a book and cup of coffee. Why would anyone want to visit there?

2. WANTED. Create a wanted poster for one of the outlaws in your life (the driver who cut you off, the rude person at the DMV, the gossip at work, etc.).


Group Option:

1. In Deuteronomy 23:3-6 God says about the Moabites, "You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come." Page 48of Premium Roast with Ruth says, "What does it say to you about God that He chose a Moabitess as one of the five women in the genealogy of Jesus?"

2. In Ruth 1:13 Naomi says, "... the Lord is afflicting me." Discuss affliction. Was God afflicting Naomi? How do we explain affliction? How do we explain genocide? What is God's involvement in our lives?

3. Ruth exhibited hesed toward Naomi, a fully committed, sacraficial love. Are you supposed to exhibit this kind of love toward everyone? Why or why not?

Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld, 1828

Play Your Hand (top)
Decorate a playing card or a playing-card-sized piece of paper or cardboard with something associated with the following:

1. A picture of Naomi and Ruth as they were heading out of Moab would appear in sharp contrast to a picture taken of them some time later in Bethlehem (4:13-17). What does a snapshot of your current circumstances look like? Moab or Bethlehem?

2. About the meaning of hesed and/or how it represents the character of God (use the image of the Hebrew word below, if you like.Right click to copy.)

3. A comparison of your perspective compared to the Sovereign One.

4. How you can show hesed to the outlaws in your life.

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Genealogy PDF

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