A Pleasant Surprise
I think we have all probably been depressed about a situation in our lives at one point or another. We have something negative that happens, and then the more we think about it, we convince ourselves that nothing good could ever come out of it. However, then we find out that we were very wrong. We have a good outcome. It becomes such a pleasant surprise that we almost can't believe it happened. That is what happened to Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law. She was bitter because of losing her husband and sons. She thought she would be suffering the effects of that for the rest of her life. (Ruth 4:16,17) However, God had a different ending to her story. Naomi took Ruth and Boaz's new baby boy and cuddled him to her breast. She cared for him as if he were her own son. The neighbor women said, "Now at last Naomi has a son again." They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David. What an amazingly pleasant surprise! Naomi went from being a wi...