advent 2011: day 15

a day about gifts
placing some under the kmart wishing tree
and making some spicy nuts for husband
(a very toddler-friendly recipe,
unlike peppermint creams...)

we picked our wishing tree gift
from the zoo shop on tuesday
and though big sister would have loved to keep it
she seemed to understand that it was good
to give a present instead to someone else
who doesn't have a big family of people
ready to give them presents like she does.

JT: Ruth

Ruth 2:1-9 - One day, Ruth said to Naomi, "Let me see if I can find someone who will let me pick up the grain left in the fields by the harvest workers." Naomi answered, "Go ahead, my daughter." So right away, Ruth went out to pick up grain in a field owned by Boaz. He was a relative of Naomi's husband Elimelech, as well as a rich and important man. When Boaz left Bethlehem and went out to his field, he said to the harvest workers, "The LORD bless you!" They replied, "And may the LORD bless you!" Then Boaz asked the man in charge of the harvest workers, "Who is that young woman?"The man answered, "She is the one who came back from Moab with Naomi. ⁷She asked if she could pick up grain left by the harvest workers, and she has been working all morning without a moment's rest." Boaz went over to Ruth and said, "I think it would be best for you not to pick up grain in anyone else's field. Stay here with the women and follow along behind them, as they gather up what the men have cut. I have warned the men not to bother you, and whenever you are thirsty, you can drink from the water jars they have filled."