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Ruth meets Boaz

Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay close by my servants, until they have finished all my harvest.’” Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is better, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, otherwise you might be bothered in another field.” So she stayed close to the young womenContinue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Ruth meets Boaz

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. She picked it up and came into the town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave her what was left over after she herselfContinue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Ruth meets Boaz

When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, “Let her glean even among the standing sheaves, and do not reproach her. You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles, and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.” (Ruth 2:15-16, NRSV) And not only did BoazContinue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Back to School

It is August and for some of us, that means it is time to start preparing to go back to school! Teachers will be in class rooms if they haven’t been already. Getting things ready for the new students to arrive in the fall. Parents will go back school shopping with reluctant children. Kids willContinue reading “Back to School”

Ruth meets Boaz

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some of this bread, and dip your morsel in the sour wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he heaped up for her some parched grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. (Ruth 2:14, NRSV) Ruth was aContinue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Ruth meets Boaz

Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.” Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “To whom does this young woman belong?” The servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the Moabite who came back withContinue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Ruth meets Boaz

Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go,Continue reading “Ruth meets Boaz”

Ruth Meets Boaz

Naomi and Ruth

So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. (Ruth 1:22, NRSV) And here is the hope, that Naomi still doesn’t see. The harvest. The end of the famine. The reason Naomi couldContinue reading “Naomi and Ruth”

Naomi and Ruth

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” She said to them, “Call me no longer Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me. I went away full, butContinue reading “Naomi and Ruth”