Bitter or Better
Life can be very hard sometimes. We all suffer from tragedies that happen to us in various ways. It may be that we get the report back from the doctor telling us we have cancer. We might lose our job or have severe financial difficulties, even to the point of being homeless. Sometimes we suffer grief because of the loss of a loved one. Sometimes these loses come in waves, not just one at a time. At those times we have to decide how we are going to react. Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, suffered greatly because of the death of her husband and then several years later both of her sons died. She was living in Moab because of a severe famine in Israel, so she decided to return to her home in Bethlehem. (Ruth 1:21) She told the ladies who greeted her upon her return that she went out full, but the Lord had sent her back home empty. Her name meant "pleasant," but God had caused her to suffer so much that her reaction was to be bitter. There is a great lesson here. When bad things...