From an empty road and a bitter name to a baby in Naomi’s arms and a line that runs to David and beyond, Ruth teaches us how God writes world‑shaping grace into ordinary, vulnerable lives. 1.0 Looking Back — The Road We Have Walked By now you have walked slowly through Ruth’s four short chapters and listened to their music: Ruth 1  led us from famine and funeral in Moab to a hard homecoming in Bethlehem. We watched Naomi bury husband and sons, rename herself “Bitter,” and yet

At the city gate, a quiet legal act, a dusty sandal, and a baby’s cry become the doorway through which God’s purposes walk toward David—and beyond David, to the hope of the world. 1.0 Introduction — From Midnight Promise to Daylight Verdict Ruth 4 moves us from the shadows of the threshing floor to the bright openness of the city gate. The night in chapter 3 ended with a pledge: Boaz promised Ruth that he would act as redeemer if the nearer kinsman refused (Ruth 3:12–13). Nao

In the dangerous space between vulnerability and misunderstanding, hesed walks into the dark and finds itself covered by redeeming kindness. 1.0 Introduction — When Waiting Turns into a Daring Plan Ruth 3 is a night chapter. The barley and wheat harvests have passed. Ruth has gleaned through a whole season in Boaz’s fields, and Naomi has watched the steady stream of grain enter the house (Ruth 2:23). Daily survival is no longer in question. But deeper issues remain unresolved

On the edges of a field, a foreign widow discovers that the God who shelters under his wings often does so through the kindness of his people. Ruth 2 is a chapter that begins with simple survival and ends with astonished praise. At the close of chapter 1, Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem “at the beginning of barley harvest” (Ruth 1:22). There is grain in the fields, but nothing yet on their table. They are two widows with no land of their own, dependent on the gleaning pro