Immanuel Lutheran Palatine Media

When given the chance to return to her own people, the widow Ruth pledged faithful love not just to her mother-in-law, Naomi, but to Naomi’s God. Paul urges his apprentice Timothy to respond with faithful love assuring him of the strength that is received through knowing Jesus. This strength produces the fruit of enduring hardships, running the race, and working in the Lord’s harvest. Yet even when we are weak and falter in our faithfulness, God is ever faithful to keep His promises. This faithful, loving God is the healer of all who suffer. Just as with His almighty Word, Jesus spoke healing to the ten lepers, so with His powerful Gospel promises, He continues to speak healing from sin and death for us today.