When the words "Moab" and "Moabite" appear in Ruth 1, they stick out like a sore thumb. This foreigner and foreign people had no business being in the middle of God's redemptive work. My name is Mary Katherine. Those two words, which make up my name, are equally unlikely to be included in His story. But He used Ruth, even though she was a Moabite. And He uses me, even though I am full of "Mary Katherine-ness." Moabite, Mary Katherine, sinner, loser, gossiper, jealous, insecure, dirty, poor, untalented person that you are - God's redemption story has an unlikely place for you too.
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