She found the field

After Ruth 2:1-18 

Without knowing

any better she

found the field

owned by the man

who would show

favor, the man

who heard about

her, her story,

the man who knew

what she had given

up and why, the man

who repaid her 

kindness with one

of his own.

His kindness is

a picture, a type

of the unimaginable

kindness of God.

 

Photograph by Matteo Raimondi via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

The Pains of Sleep – poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Another Doubting Sonnet – Renee Emerson at Rabbit Room Poetry. 

 

‘I Talk to God in Public’ – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book Review talks with Wheaton professor and writer Esau McCaulley. 

 

One Day Leads to Another – Seth Lewis.

 

Who Was the ‘Black Spurgeon’? – Kelvin Washington at The Gospel Coalition.

A kindness

After Ruth 2:1-18 

She left all she knew,

home, family, everything

familiar, to travel with

her mother-in-law back

home. The others 

returned to their own

families, but she left

all behind, faithful 

to her dead husband 

and his mother. It was

a kindness, a blessing.

Her story was told,

shared among the people

she now lived with, she

a foreigner, an alien,

among strangers and

enemies. A kindness

recognized, a kindness 

told to the owner 

of the field, the owner

who favored her and

blessed her. It was

a kindness on his part,

a kindness given

for a kindness shown. 

 

Photograph by Mona Eendra via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Releasing Artists to Renew Culture: A new course to help you engage with the arts – Think Theology. 

 

Throw Yourself Away in Hope: The Sacred Death of Fatherhood – Greg Morse at Desiring God.

 

The Incredible Blessing of My Father’s Difficult Final Months – Ruth Wood at Eternal Perspective Ministries.

 

Selina Hastings: The Means of Doing Much Good – Vance Christie.