Ruth's Loyalty

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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# 143 - Ruth's Loyalty - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Naomi returns to Bethlehem grieving and bitter, but Ruth’s unshakable loyalty lights the first spark of redemption. This powerful chapter reveals how God begins His greatest work in our emptiness—turning sorrow into hope.Episode 143 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 34:18, “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(0_:__) Intro with Yael Eckstein(0_:__) Ruth's Loyalty(__:__) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on The Chosen People
0:03.0	My homie, my love.
0:09.0	You and our boys are more precious to me than even my father's ancestral home.
0:16.0	I...
0:19.0	I never thought this day would come. But I just don't see a way around it.
0:27.6	We will go to the land of Moab. I hear the territory is still yielding crops.
0:32.6	Then we will hold fast to that future. Slowly but steadily, the family built a new life in Moab.
0:42.3	Naomi turned that radiant smile to Elimelech in the entryway.
0:46.3	But her smile fell as she saw Elimelech's sway and gripped the stones for balance.
0:52.3	Elimelech! Elimelech!
0:57.2	When the sun rose the following day,
1:00.6	casting its warm rays across the plains of Moab,
1:03.5	Naomi found herself to be a widow.
1:06.1	The years marched on,
1:09.8	and though it was harder than Naomi ever could have imagined,
1:13.6	she made a life in Moab for her small family. Naomi scanned the feast again and found her younger son, Keelian,
1:18.6	grinning at another local girl from town, Orpah.
1:22.6	Ruth's deep brown eyes seemed to sparkle under her veil in the glow of the torches,
1:29.0	and she couldn't take them off her new husband.
1:32.2	The girl adored Marlon.
1:35.0	Naomi was grateful that her son had found such an adoring wife.
1:39.6	She prayed to the god of their homeland that her loyalty would be a blessing to her husband and their family.
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