Ruth Devotionals

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1. Ruth 1: Brought Back, Not Abandoned

   Ruth opens with one loss after another. A famine drives Elimelech's family from Bethlehem to Moab, and there Naomi buries her husband and both of her sons (1:3-5). Hearing that…

2. Ruth 2: No Accident in the Field

   Ruth goes out to glean, gathering leftover grain behind the harvesters. The narrator says she happened to come to the part of the field that belonged to Boaz, a relative from…

3. Ruth 3: Not Sent Back Empty

   Naomi, who once spoke only of emptiness, now plans for Ruth's future. She sends her to the threshing floor at night, and Ruth asks Boaz to spread the corner of his garment over…

4. Ruth 4: A Lap No Longer Empty

   Boaz settles the matter at the city gate before ten elders. The nearer relative is glad to buy Elimelech's land, until he learns that marrying Ruth comes with it, and he backs…