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This week, Paul reflects on how the story of Ruth,

full of hardship and human love,

points us to the ultimate promise

of God's redeeming love in Jesus Christ.

Here's this week's Wednesday's Word.

We've all been through tough moments of suffering when we wonder where God is and are confused about what he is doing.

If you read through the biblical narrative, you will soon have to let go of the conclusion that hardship means that God is absent, distant, distant, uninvolved, or uncaring.

Behind dark clouds of difficulty is a God who is actively working for the good of his children. God regularly takes his children places they never would have planned to go in order

to produce in and through them things that they never could have produced on their own. It's important to

recognize that the workings of God's grace aren't always predictable or comfortable.

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