Gleanings of Glory

EASTER SUNDAY

"Then Boaz said unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here... Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?.... And Boaz said unto her, at mealtime come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar" (Ruth 2:8-14). "Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine" (John 21:12).

This question from the heart of Ruth:
Lord, "Why have I found grace?"
Gleaned from Scripture rings with truth
For all of Adam's race!

For why should we thus be invited
By our Lord to "come and dine?"
Should we not be thus indicted
By the symbols, bread and wine?

And yet He bids us to take bread,
Recall His body broken,
A body that rose from the dead;
Oh, what a glorious token!

And as we also take the wine,
Recalling blood He shed,
We see the price of wrath divine,
That should be ours instead.

And still the question rings above,
Lord, why have we found grace?
We find the answer in the love
That shines from Jesus' face.