a new discovery

i have, for quite a while now, been a fan of john piper! i enjoy reading/listening to his sermons, and when i recently shared one with a friend, he told me about the narrative poems piper has written. so, today, i took some time to look through some of them and decided to listen to one he wrote about ruth. i picked it because ryan is translating through ruth in hebrew right now...so it comes up in conversation from time to time. anyway, i enjoyed the poem very much. this part really stood out to me: 

And tears

cannot conceal that generations yet

to come through us, will not forget

to praise the bitter providence

of God that wrought for us immense

and precious mercies in this place

and lavished me with painful grace.

a rod of famine was the price

for me, that opened paradise.

(You can read or listen to the rest of the poem here) 

until next time...