Romance and Redemption: God’s Providence in our Pain – Ruth 2:1-23

Romance and Redemption: God’s Providence in our Pain

Ruth 2: 1-23

1. God . v. 1-3

So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. v. 3

2. God . v. 4-13

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn. v. 8-9

“The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!” v. 12

3. God . v. 14-17

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. v. 17

4. God . v. 18-23

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” v. 20

“…those like Ruth who seek refuge in the God of Israel will find, to their great surprise, that he has already been seeking them.” – Barry G. Webb