Points To Ponder 10/04/2005

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The Bible is like a mirror - it shows us who we are, not what we think we are.

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BIBLE QUIZ:

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(Old Testament/Book of Ruth) "May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord," Ruth said. "You have given me comfort and have spoken kindly to your servant-- though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls." At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar." When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, "Even if she gathers among the sheaves, don't ____________ her. Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don't rebuke her." So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ________. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough. (Ruth 2:13-18-NIV)

QUESTION: What is GLEANING? How much grain did Ruth take back to Naomi?

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