Ruth 1:16, 17; 2:1-12
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Characteristics of a woman:
· She's intelligent.
· She's a work of art.
· She's compassionate.
· She's beautiful.
· She's sensitive.
· She's diverse.
· She's fragile.
· She's influential.
· She's creative.
· She has a great memory.
· She's tender and kind.
Proverbs 31:31 (NIV) “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.”
#1. A good woman is faithful.
Ruth 1:16 (NIV) “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.’”
Faithfulness is a steadfast act of allegiance.
#2. A good woman is humble.
Ruth 2:10 (NIV) “At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, ‘Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me – a foreigner?’”
“I don’t need to be significant. I am not pretentious, haughty, or proud.”
“Humility is the ability to see ourselves as God describes us.”
“I love you,” or “You are special.”
#3. A good woman is sacrificial.
Ruth 2:11 (NIV) “Boaz replied, ‘I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband -–how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.’”
To sacrifice yourself is to deprive yourself of something willingly.
She loved her.
May we give honor to the women today for their love for each of us.
Ruth 4:13-17 (NIV) “So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.