Return Begins with Hearing (Part 1)

Ruth: Meditations on the Kindness of God (Part 1)Ruth 1:1-7As one of our primary senses, hearing comes from a complex system that turns sound waves into something meaningful in our brain. Starting with the outer ear, sound waves are collected and funneled towards the eardrum in the middle ear. From there, tiny bones called ossicles transmit and amplify the vibrations into the inner ear. Inside the inner ear, the cochlea is filled with fluid and lined with special hair cells which convert the vibrations into electrical signals that the brain receives and interprets. Amazing! Hearing plays such a significant role in our body that it’s no wonder Scripture uses the word “hear” almost 800 times. When God calls us to hear, however, it is more than a command to use our ear drums; it is a call to respond to His revealed truth and kindness. We will hear tomorrow morning of a woman who did this very thing when she heard what God had done for His people as we begin our new series Ruth: Meditations on God’s Kindness.