All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character. Ruth 3:11
Boaz has checked it out; Ruth is a woman of character. Her character is known in the town. He does not realize that he and Ruth are destined to become the ancestors of the Lord Jesus Christ. He only knows that she is a woman of character.
“Character Counts” is a program that caught on a few years ago in the nation’s schools. Our nation was being buried in the manure of character failures. We had reached the epitome of degradation and character failures. It was time for us to regain the old ways that brought the character of individuals to the forefront.
We had moved from the character ethic to the personality ethic. Stephen Covey is his book The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People notes this change in emphasis in our nation. He found that the literature in early American focused on qualities of honesty, integrity, virtue, and faithfulness.
Today the literature shows a dramatic shift toward a personality ethic that focuses on learning to manipulate, look good, personal satisfaction and a move people toward goals. There is a growing awareness that somewhere we have taken a wrong turn. Our jails are full of young and old who attempt short cuts to happiness and find the road is full of potholes and pain and disappointment.
God has always shared with us that Character Counts: 3 we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. (Romans 5) Without character there is little room for hope. We need to get our nation back to attending church, studying the Bible and living the way we were designed to live. Only then can we become a great nation. People who have no knowledge of God and His word have a hard time with character. Let’s get with God’s program because Character Counts.