Many of us have read the book of Ruth and when you talk about Ruth, we can see a virtuous woman, committed to her mother-in-law to the end and we can talk about a love story too. But in this blog, I want to talk about Naomi. I want to talk about a woman that lost everything and was shattered and hopeless. Many of us can relate to Naomi and can understand why she is singing a song of defeat.

This woman left her country with a husband and two sons to where he believed there was a green pasture like most of us left our place of birth to a better place. We are full of hope and have a big dream and all of a sudden, we realized that it’s not that green on the other side.

Naomi left Moab after loosing her family. She came home empty handed, at least, she thought so but God had plans. Many of us dreamt of coming back to our hometown with money and all sorts of goodies to show that we made it and that will make us feel good and assure ourselves that it was worth leaving home in search of greener pastures.

Naomi’s case was different. She was devastated coming back home…

Excerpt from the book, ‘From Story to Glory’ written by Mercy Balogun. Get a copy of the full book on mercyb.co.uk and at a very affordable price.