From Justina Suwa
Ruth & Naomi
Every Ruth needs a Naomi, and every Naomi needs a Ruth. In Ruth and Naomi Dynamics, Tina Suwa draws from the story of a grieving widow and her loyal daughter-in-law to lay out a biblical blueprint for mentorship. God made us to receive and to give, and true fulfilment comes when we learn to be led by those ahead of us and to lead those coming behind. This book will help you find your Naomi, become a Naomi to someone else, open doors for others, and leave a legacy that outlives you.
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The River Jordan feeds two seas. The Sea of Galilee receives the water and releases it, and it teems with life. The Dead Sea only receives, and nothing lives in it. The difference is not the source. It is the outlet. God never intended any of us to become like the Dead Sea, constantly receiving teaching, blessing and grace but never letting it flow through to others. Ruth and Naomi Dynamics begins with that picture and builds from it a complete biblical framework for mentorship, growth and legacy. God created us to receive and to give. There will always be someone ahead of you who has already walked the road you are on, and someone behind you who needs the wisdom you have gathered. The first is your Naomi. The second is your Ruth. Every believer is called to be both. Using the book of Ruth as its foundation, Tina Suwa traces the dynamics of the relationship between Naomi and Ruth and shows how a bond between two ordinary women became part of the redemptive story of the whole world. Along the way the reader will explore: - Made to Receive and to Give: the danger of the closed hand and the increase of the open hand - The Three Levels of Relationship: the mentor who pulls you up, the friend who walks beside you, and the protege you pull up in turn - Every Ruth Needs a Naomi: why no one rises alone, and how to recognise and submit to a mentor - Every Naomi Needs a Ruth: why the one who has gone before is incomplete without someone to pour into - A Naomi Opens the Door to a New World: how mentors introduce us to fields, people and opportunities we could never have reached alone - What Ruth Could Not See, Naomi Could See: the gift of perspective that only experience can give - Destiny Advances Through Relationships: from Boaz to Obed to Jesse to David, and on to Christ - Whose Naomi Are You: a searching challenge to identify the people God has placed behind you - Naomi Blessed Ruth Before Ruth Blessed Naomi: the order of giving in a healthy mentoring relationship - Leave a Legacy That Outlives You: finishing the cycle and handing off the baton Practical, scriptural and deeply encouraging, this book speaks to pastors, leaders, parents, professionals and every believer who wants their life to count beyond themselves. It closes with a set of personal declarations and the vision of Psalm 145:4, one generation praising God's works to another, reminding each reader that they are a link in a great chain of faith stretching from the beginning of time to its end. Receive, grow, impart, guide, empower and release. Find your Naomi, and become a Naomi to someone else. Leave people better than you met them, and a legacy that outlives you.