Inner Covenant Kindness
Ruth 2:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ruth 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Naomi blesses Boaz for not withholding kindness to the living and the dead, and notes he is a near relative. The verse centers on mercy, covenant loyalty, and the power of kinship to sustain.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the inner theatre of your mind Ruth's verse becomes the I AM blessing itself, an acknowledgment that your awareness has not withdrawn its kindness from any living circumstance or from the residues of memory. Naomi's statement that the man is near of kin points to the inner faculty closest to your heart—the state of consciousness ready to supply mercy. The 'living' are your present experiences; the 'dead' are past identifications within you—both held under the covenant of renewed attention. The blessing proclaims grace is not outside you but immediately available through your receptive state. When you accept this, you align with the inner kin—the subtle power of your own imagination to redeem and sustain. Your practice is to treat kindness as your natural property, to notice how every situation invites mercy, and to respond from the I AM rather than reaction. The result is a felt shift: the next kin within becomes your resource for blessing every scene.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the feeling that the I AM in you has not withheld kindness from the living or the dead. Visualize a near-kin presence approaching with grace and feel that mercy already granted to your current and remembered life.
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