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Hello, friend.

This is Max Lakato.

Thanks for tuning in.

It's an honor to be with you.

As we study God's word together,

may our time uplift and encourage you.

If you could use some hope, I pray you find it here today.

Thank you for joining me on the podcast today, friend. In this episode, we're going back to the

Old Testament, to the story of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz, whether this story is new or familiar. I pray

it reminds you that God is always at work and has a plan to rescue you.

Long before the city of Bethlehem was famous for Magi and a manger,

it was famous as being the birthplace of a shepherd boy named David.

And long before Bethlehem was famous as being the birthplace of the king of Israel,

it was famous for being the stage or the setting for the most famous story of romance and redemption in the Bible.

About 1,200 years before the birth of Christ, two figures appeared on the dry horizon of the

Judean desert.

Both were widows.

One was old, the other young.

Rinkles creviced the face of the older one, in dust powdered the cheeks of them both.

They walked so closely intertwined that an onlooker would have a difficult time determining where one stopped and the other start,

which was fine with them because really all they had was each other.

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