Author: Wendy Reaume (Wendy Reaume)

Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  Matthew 11:28-30 Today we...

Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  Matt. 11:28-30 Jesus promises...

Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  Matt. 11:28-30 Take my...

Today we are going to look at what it means to take Jesus’ yoke upon us.  Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for...

“Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  Matthew 11:28-30 These 3...

I hope that you are as excited as I am today to look at Jesus as our Kinsman-Redeemer!  My heart is so full when I think that so many years before Christ, God orchestrated the beautiful story of Ruth and Boaz.  It’s not only a happily-ever-after for Ruth, a grieving widow who has trusted a...

As Audrey has been showing from the book of Matthew,  Jesus’ time has come to minister on the Earth, and we see Him bringing about the fulfillment of the plan of God.  He has been born, He is teaching and healing, and by the end of the book, will accomplish what Easter is all about;...

Boaz is a wealthy and honest businessman.  He is obviously wealthy because he owns fields, has many people working for him and he has the money to ‘redeem’ or buy the land from Naomi that belongs to her husband’s clan.  In addition, he is honest.  He doesn’t sneak around to accomplish his purpose but rather...

Our next character in the book of Ruth is Boaz.  We are told in Romans 15:4 ‘For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.’  What can we learn from Boaz today that can teach and encourage...

What Ruth was like as a Moabite we do not know.  We are only introduced to her when Naomi is trying to convince her to return to her people and stay in Moab.  We do know that she loved Naomi and had enough of a relationship with her that she was determined  to leave everything...

Ruth is a Moabite woman.  She is of the people Israel was told to wipe out so that their false gods would not lead the followers of Yahweh astray.  And yet, when she chooses to come with Naomi back to Bethlehem she is welcomed into the tribe of Judah.  This is our first significant lesson...

One bright light in the life of Naomi is her daughter-in-law Ruth.  What God has in store for Naomi comes through one who is not of the promised people, not originally of her faith and in fact not even in the plan of Naomi herself.  ‘Look,’ said Naomi [to Ruth], ‘your sister-in-law is going back...

Today we will look at the new Naomi.  She arrived home in Bethlehem bitter, broken-hearted and broken in spirit, but as we look at the text we will see her little by little coming back to the truths she knows and trusting just a little more each day, in her God. Her first help is...

Naomi is a broken woman.  Can you imagine?  She lost her community when they moved to Moab.  She lost her husband soon afterward.  Now Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. (Ruth 1:3) She saw her sons marry but within 10 years of being in Moab, both of her children...

The book of Ruth is the 8th book of the Bible, and although it is only 4 short chapters, this book is rich in its symbolism of Jesus as our Kinsman-redeemer (more about this later) and in the character development of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz.  Ruth and Boaz are King David’s great-grandparents, and Ruth is...

The Bible is made up of the Old Testament and the New Testament.  The simplest division is the OT was written before Christ and the NT after Christ.  Many people decide to read the Bible, open it and begin to read at Genesis, literally meaning beginning.  However, there are actually 66 individual books that make...

I was sitting in my grade 10 math class when one of my classmates asked me this question:  “My mother told me this morning that if I don’t obey her, I am breaking one of the 10 commandments and I will go straight to hell.  Is that true?  Will I go to hell if I...

The book of Hebrews was written to a Jewish audience who both knew the Old Testament well, and revered Moses as the greatest prophet of all time.  The writer makes a substantial claim in Hebrews 3:3:  Jesus has been found worthy of greater honour than Moses.  Wow!  That would certainly get the attention of any...

When people encounter angels in the Bible, they tend to have one of two reactions.  They are speechless or they fall to their faces in fear and sometimes worship.  In every instance, the angel tells them to worship only God.  In fact, it is when the angel does not rebuke them for bowing down that...

Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. The above Proverb refers to Jesus.  There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.  You may have a good, life-long BFF that is always there and can always be counted on. ...