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Friday, 20 December 2019

Kinsman Redeemer


Kinsman Redeemer. The Bible’s Ruth’s (she who ‘stood in tears amid the alien corn’) protector, Boaz, moved forward as an act of kindness. He knew of Ruth’s plight, of the vulnerability of her and her mother-in-law Naomi, and he shielded her from harm and gave her dignity as she gleaned from his fields. And, soon, they lived ‘happily ever after’.

Of course that cliché story-ending never happens in life, because no matter how much in love a couple is, at some point one of them will die and there will be separation and sorrow.

Thanks to Jesus, who is our Kinsman Redeemer, that story-ending does happen when we fall in love and give our allegiance to him as our saviour and Lord. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Nothing.

As Christmas approaches, a time of intense joy for some, intense loneliness and heartbrokenness for others, we can all be grateful – hugely grateful – for the gift of Jesus. With him we are never alone. In him we will live happily ever after. Amen.

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