Ruth 2:8-18

Ruth has accepted Naomi’s people as her people and Naomi’s God as her God. In so doing, Ruth traded any material inheritance that she might have had in her native Moab for total uncertainty in Bethlehem of Judah.

Ruth and Naomi arrived at Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. This was a fortuitous time for the destitute pair because God, in His instruction to Moses, made provision for the poor. When…