He Will Renew Your Life
A 30-Day Devotional Through the Book of Ruth on Loss, Loyalty, and Starting Over
by Nicholas Dailey
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Naomi left Bethlehem with a husband and two sons and came back with none of them. She told her old neighbors to call her Mara, "bitter." Beside her stood a young Moabite widow who had promised, "Wherever you go, I will go." Four short chapters later, the town that watched Naomi come home empty gathers to bless a baby on her lap.
He Will Renew Your Life is a 30-day devotional through every verse of the book of Ruth for anyone who has come home empty. Along the way you'll follow Ada, an 82-year-old widow who has led a crew of volunteer gleaners in Michigan's fruit country for nearly forty years, and Linh, a 34-year-old widow from Houston who has followed her grieving mother-in-law home to a cherry town where nobody knows her name. They talk on Ada's farmhouse porch, and their conversations lead into each day's Scripture, reflection, and practice.
Inside
- Emptied: a famine, three funerals, "Go back," Orpah's kiss and Ruth's clinging, "Wherever you go," and "Call me Mara"
- A Foreigner in the Field: the field Ruth "happened" to enter, a landowner who blesses his workers, protection from harassment, extra stalks dropped on purpose, and Naomi's first word of hope
- The Threshing Floor: a mother-in-law seeking rest for someone else, a bold request, "a woman of noble character," a shawl full of barley, and "Wait, my daughter" (Ruth 3:18)
- At the Gate: ten elders, a nearer redeemer who says yes and then no, a sandal, the names of the dead spoken aloud, and a blessing for a messy family
Format: PDF, 6 × 9 in layout with clickable contents
Written with the assistance of AI writing tools, under the author's direction.
