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THE STORY OF RUTH ( PART 4 ) """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" COURTSHIP - GOD'S WAY TO GET RESULTS ( PART 4 ) And so our story continues on - Can you picture the next part of the Saga ? Naomi tells Ruth - Put on your best dress - and finery . After bathing - and smelling fragrantly. Then - in the dark of the night - so no-one sees - Go to where you see a man lay down - In this case - Boaz . And then - without a sound - lift the cover - and lay at his feet - and wait ! The only instruction being - the man will tell you what to do ! Phew ! It doesn't sound real - But it happened - and Can you believe it - Ruth obeyed ? And Boaz woke up with a start ! No wonder it says ' GOD's ways are not our ways - Nor HIS thoughts ours . We'd never have thought this one up - Not in a million years . Perhaps - given the chance to catch the Boss 's eye - We may have smiled - glanced - then smiled again . Coyly at first - until we knew we had his interest . Maybe - talked a little louder - laughed - twirled - giggled . Are you getting the picture now ? Whatever it took - we may have tried . But not Ruth - She just worked hard - quietly - submitted . Keeping her own council - committed to Naomi - for her good . But - she was in the right place - at the right time And she was not even aware of it .
In Total trust - to an old woman - and her GOD.
Now - all Ruth could do - was sit and wait - as Naomi said . No phoning a friend - no facebook - or twitter - nor text . Just waiting - for the next step to unfold - without ado. In the Right way - in GOD's way - in the Way of the Day . A Good way . Boaz had said - there was another man - closer - Who - had the first right to Naomi's land . But - in accepting that - he was obliged - to take the widow Ruth To be his bride . And so - before the Council of the Elders - Boaz put his case . And when it seemed - that all was lost - The near- relative refused to - to take Ruth - as his wife . Stating - he would jeopodize himself - If that should be the case . So what seemed like a turning - from the Master plan Was just a place of - trusting - patiently For the will of GOD - to come around. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ( PART 4 ) By Stella Mitchell. Vote for this poem
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