Hey, man, how we doing, church? Doing okay? Hope so. Quiet. Hey, if you grab your Bible, we're

in Ruth Chapter 4, Ruth Chapter 4. We're in the fifth week of the series on the book of Ruth. And really,

the story of Ruth and the story of the Gillums are very, very similar. It starts, the story of Ruth, it starts

with a funeral and it ends with a wedding. We're going to have a wedding today. It starts and real

tragedy is going to end in triumph. And it's also the story of the entire Bible. When things look

like they are completely out of control, it turns out God still has the whole world

in his hand and what looks like a setback from our point of view is most often just a set up for

God to display his glory for the entire world and the reason I just want to start out of the gate with

that is just to let you know is that you may be going through

a terrible chapter in your life that that may be true and we are not denying that but what i want

you to hear because of the story of ruth but even more importantly because of the story of jesus on the

cross you may be going through a really really tough chapter in your life but god has not finished

writing your story.

That what looks like utter ruin that God can actually redeem that for his glory and your

joy.

And so that's what we've been studying in the Book of Ruth.

Just a quick recap in case you're new to us here.

It started back in chapter one, and there was a guy, there was a guy named

Alimelech, and he was married to a girl named Naomi. Naomi means sweetness. Elimelech means,

my God is king. But really, he didn't act like God was his king. He acted like his current

circumstances were his king. And there was a famine in Bethlehem, which means the house of bread and then a limelac and very poor leadership leads

his family away from the people of God away from the presence of God away from the worship of God

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