A GODLY MOTHER
Ruth 1:16-19 (King James Version)
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Ruth means "A Friend"
She was the mother of Obed,
the grandmother of Jessie,
the great grandmother of King David,
and the direct ancestress of Jesus.
It was her great decisions that made her so great.
I) SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THE TRUE GOD AS HER GOD.
1) Vs. 16 “and thy God my God.”
II) SHE DECIDED TO WALK THE PATH OF THE GODLY
1) Vs. 16 “for whither thou goest, I will go.”
III) SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THE HOME OF THE GODLY.
1) Vs. 16 “and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.”
IV) SHE CHOSE GOD'S PEOPLE AS HER PEOPLE.
1) Vs. 16 “Thy people shall be my people.”
V) SHE DESIRED TO DIE THE DEATH OF THE GODLY.
1) Vs. 17 “Where thou diest, will I die.”
VI) SHE DECIDED ON THE REWARD OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD, RATHER THAN REMAIN IN MOAB
1) Vs. 18—When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her ... Vs. 19—So they two went up to Bethlehem.