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 while...

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 men...

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.” Nothing...

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 like the...

Lessons on Living from Ruth REAL RICHES 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...

RUTH 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. According to Business Week, time technicians at the National Institute of Standards & Technology recently switched to an atomic...

RUTH 1:20-21 So she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me,...

RUTH 1:16-17 But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die,...

RUTH 1:15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” Husbands are notorious for not asking directions. One wife said that her husband and she left a wedding to go to the reception. Not knowing how to find...

RUTH 1:14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. A number of years ago a new glue, characterized by an unusually strong holding power, was introduced on the market and sold under a variety of names. Advertisements for...