“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you...your people will be my people” (Ruth 1:16). My name is not Ruth but I love her story. As a multiracial family, many people do not see or experience the world the way we do: racism, managing rare diseases (like PANDAS & cancer) and foster/adoption journeys abound - slamming us into systems of oppression and injustice that I never knew before. But Jesus...I bear witness to what He is teaching me in this “new” world as He heals our broken pieces.
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“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you...your people will be my people” (Ruth 1:16). My name is not Ruth but I love her story. As a multiracial family, many people do not see or experience the world the way we do: racism, managing rare diseases (like PANDAS & cancer) and foster/adoption journeys abound - slamming us into systems of oppression and injustice that I never knew before. But Jesus...I bear witness to what He is teaching me in this “new” world as He heals our broken pieces.
Finding Jesus’ Humanity In the “Valley of the Shadow”
Ruth Bears Witness
12 minutes 40 seconds
2 years ago
Finding Jesus’ Humanity In the “Valley of the Shadow”
In ongoing suffering that has no end, there often isn’t a tangible reason. Connection with Jesus is ultimately the answer that remains elusive when trying to make meaning out of pain. But if we choose to lean in rather than avoid the hurt, we begin to find Jesus in his humanity looking back at us with love and tenderness. He knows.
Ruth Bears Witness
“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you...your people will be my people” (Ruth 1:16). My name is not Ruth but I love her story. As a multiracial family, many people do not see or experience the world the way we do: racism, managing rare diseases (like PANDAS & cancer) and foster/adoption journeys abound - slamming us into systems of oppression and injustice that I never knew before. But Jesus...I bear witness to what He is teaching me in this “new” world as He heals our broken pieces.
