As a lily growing out of a bramble bush

As a lily growing out of a bramble bush;

As a bright star shining forth in the darkest night;

Is a story excellent

bright and fragrant

Of Boaz and Ruth in a divine romance.

Ruth the Moabitess joined to God’s holy elect;

Boaz took care of her and redeemed all her debt.

First she gleaned from his land

Then got married to him.

This is how she was joined to God’s eternal plan.

Lord

I love You and treasure You.

Lord

I choose You and respond to You.

You’re my everything

You’re above all

You’re my Husband

and my rest

And my all in all.

The eternal God entered and stepped into time;

For this He needed persons to carry the line —

Those who fulfilled His plan

to bring God into man

Bringing divinity into humanity.

In the universe this is the greatest event

That is Christ’s incarnation — in His first advent.

Ruth became an ancestor in this mystery —

God and man to be mingled as one entity.

God had promised the seed of a woman for man

That would crush Satan’s head and redeem fallen man;

To make God and man one

what a glory to Him!

We are qualified now to partake of Him.

We are Moabites too

constituted with sin;

We are under God’s wrath and His condemnation.

But through Christ’s redemption

He’s our portion we claim;

In this organic union

we’re married to Him.