
Reaping Blessings: Ruth Encounters Boaz (Ruth 2:1-17)
Ruth finds favor with Boaz while gleaning in his field, as he shows kindness and generosity, ensuring her protection and provision.
Ruth finds favor with Boaz while gleaning in his field, as he shows kindness and generosity, ensuring her protection and provision.
Understanding why the widow gave all that she had.
Ruth 1:14-22 recounts Ruth’s unwavering loyalty to Naomi. While Orpah returns to her people, Ruth pledges to stay with Naomi, adopting her people and God. They travel to Bethlehem, where Naomi, now bitter and calling herself “Mara,” laments her misfortunes. The chapter ends with their arrival at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth 1:1-13 describes Naomi’s losses in Moab: the deaths of her husband and sons. Hearing of better times in Bethlehem, she decides to return, urging her daughters-in-law to stay.
Introduction to the Book of Ruth