DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 1:1 to 2:3; Job 1:1 to 2:10; Matt. 1
And she (Ruth) went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth 2:3
In Ruth’s day, gleaning was to gather the grain left by the reapers (Lev. 19:9-10). In its figurative sense gleaning means to gather knowledge and wisdom bit by bit. As a young believer, my Christian friends and I greeted each other by asking, “Where are you gleaning today?” We wanted to encourage each other to be in the Word. Daily reading of God’s Word often brings “choice gleanings”, golden surprises from God’s heart to ours. As we start a new year, glean from the Word of God daily. —Robert Gentile
The Word of God, a river of pleasure;
The Word of God, ‘tis food for the mind;
The Word of God, its light faileth never,
The Word of God, what treasure we find.
—Arthur E. Smith