I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"—Ruth 1:21
Naomi came back to her country empty. Sin always leaves its mark. It always causes sorrow and suffering. Naomi and her family had trusted in themselves rather than God. Naomi was now eating the fruit of that way. Being empty and in the Lords will is a better place to be than being full and not under His protective care. Better times are now ahead for Naomi...
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
For He does not afflict willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.—Lamentations 3:31-33
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