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1st November: Proper 26

Ruth 1:118

peter Lau

Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Australia

Vl 121 Nb 1 Pg 2728 t a(), 2009. rn nd pn:://www.gb.c.k/jnlpn.nvDoi: 10.1177/0014524609107035://ext.gb.c

Responding to Suffering

sng n cn n l. i lv n wld, wll . i v nd ld, wll. sdl, nb

gng c n l.

B n ng n l n,b w w nd . Gld s, Cn n us, l , w nddg n gc c ccdn. h w: i n. . . experience l bc dnngn n lv. . . . i w w respond l .1

Naomis Response to Suffering

W cn ln l w N nd ng nd l. alg bgnw N vng ll ld, gd qckl

k. ellc d.N ddnl ngl n gn

lnd.N n k mb wv.tn d.N nw cldl wdw n gn

lnd.N nw n n lk

no bnd, no n. in c, nwcvl d n gn lnd, w clnd cl .

hw N gng nd?t ng N d lv mb.Wn Gd d bkn dgn Jd, dcd n . B n d mb, lz b dg-n-lw n cnn g w il (r 1:89).o vnll dd n n mb, b

N j cnn k r. s clclng -n-lw, nd lvng vw (1:1617).

y d r dn ll N,b nd C on w Nbc b she changes her name.

Wn v bck n wn Bl, wn wn wld v n d nd l l dcd cd n c. t w knw wn l w ll ld nw nd w bnd nd n. in c, ll nw gndg-n-lw.

i n wnd cl: i N?B wn N qn, ccllnl bck : Dn cll N; cll m.

in cngng n, N ng ln d n lc w n.all l n, d, nd n, n B fcn dn, cc.

y w ndlng n Nbn? t n l Gd nd gn (r 1:20). in v, Nd n ld bck gdng w nk Gd,nd n cl w dn . s cllGd alg, wc n cknwldg Gd n cnl ll ng. B Gd ncnl, l cknwldg Gd n w bg n gn . inN nd, h n nbl d v c n nd l.

B wng l bl d n Gd ld nl. F, ccdng bk Dn, n w n Gd c il dbng h.2 t g

1 Gld L. s, A Grace Disguised: How the SoulGrows through Loss (Gnd rd, mi: Zndvn, 1996),9 ( gnl). 2 e.g., Dn 28:1519, 24.

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n wld v bn n, nd nbck Gd. y ellc nd l dl pd Lnd nd d n lnd mb.3

mv, gncn Gd bgn bl

N gn dcd return mb.in ot, wd n d n nl dcb physicaln, b l spiritualn nnc.4 in nng il, N l turning back to God. t n l bl d b ld ellc nd N.

Nnl, N g nk d c Gd, vn ld k nbl .

and i nk healthy N

nl cln Gd. s l nk unspiritual ngvn Gd; w lw nd k Gdn cnlld nd nzd w.

B ll b nll nw Gd. and N n gd cn : kngDvd n l; J; Jb; nd J, w ngd c n c: m Gd, Gd,w v kn ? all l n Bbl lnd clnd Gd.

in c, w n cl, n lnw Gd hvnl F, nl w

wld wn cnc w n w.t notd wld b nnl.

Nvl, cln nd b dwn cn bnd. in cl, w nd b cl cln d n ll v bn nn wd Gd. W nd k ng Gd, w w cn bc b.i w d n h b n cnl nd gd Gd, w bgn db Gd gdnnn .

N nk Gd nd gn

lg. s db Gd gdn. h bn cnl, b n N , dnl d nwn bl . in c, blv Gd bg bck .

B n c Gd n bk r. r vw cn N b ll ngng n , b Nn dwnd r wd. s c , vn gn c r g b d

wn d n.y g w N ln, n

nl d w d r w , b l bgnnng v n (r1:22). Gd ld bgnnng bl N.

Our Response to Suffering

p N bl cnn bgg c. B nd bk r, w Gd wll ll bl il nd wldg N nd r. B impossible

N n Bl.and , n ll w cn w nngn lv g nw. i lk gng dcn ggl b n bng bl w w gng nd . W vw w ng fg , ll w cn dndng. B Gd cn vng: g vw g dnn.

Lk N, w wll n lw dlndnd n ng. Gd n vn vl l n ngn l.

B Bbl Gd ng ng gd (r 8:28). i zng wn l cn c Gd dng n lv l bn. i n cn lk bck n dn lv, nd nw Gd wkng n nd n .

s n d our d ng, we d n Gd kndn wd .W d bc b nl wdGd, lk N. Wn w ng, n c

blv Gd ll lv . B Gd wn ncdbl kndn n h sn JC. and nng cn Gd lv n J (r 8:3839).

in ng b d hg n. B Gd nd h ncnl lv, nd h l bl. amen.

3 ellc, n w n ncll n Gd kng, dbd Gd nd vd l mb.

4 in hbw, wd n d wlv n c.

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