RUTH 3:4 : “Then it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies; and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you should do.” A few years ago, a $100,000 mistake was made because...

RUTH 2:22-23 : And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It Is good, my daughter that you go out with his young women, and that people do not meet you in any other field.” So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of...

RUTH 2:12 : “The LORD repay your work and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” Birds use their wings for many purposes other than flying. In times of danger, a mother bird’s wings provide a feathered...

RUTH 2:10-11 : So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported...

RUTH 2:9 : “Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.” An Alpine mountain climbing...

RUTH 2:8 : Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.” Nebraska, where I live, has a lot of cattle ranches, and every once in a...

RUTH 2:7 : “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.” There’s a delightful story about a king, many years ago, who called his wise...

RUTH 2:5-6 : Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, ”Whose young woman is this?” So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.”...

RUTH 2:2 : So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” Sometimes we try to buy people’s favor-and even God’s favor. We’re...

RUTH 2:1 : And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz. John Jacob Astor one of the world’s richest men, was a passenger on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. When the ship hit the...