Problems and Providence – Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1:1-22

Here in Ruth, two unlikely people get together Boaz, a Bethlehemite, and Ruth, the Moabite widow. Boaz is the gentleman, who looks a lot like Jesus. He extends kindness and justice to her, and Ruth becomes one of the mothers of Jesus, appearing in the genealogy of Matthew. Ruth shines in the darkness, like we are to shine in the darkness, in a day when the judges rule, so to speak. We are the salt and light in a world that is corrupt and dark.