Ruth 1:1-2:23

Ruth takes place during a difficult time in the history of the Jewish people: the time of the judges, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 17:6) In that age, we find ourselves focused not on the current judge or some priest or prophet.  Instead, we find ourselves zoomed in on the life of a woman and her two daughters-in-law. 

In Naomi, we see a regular woman: a mother who was far from perfect.  Yet despite that, we see that she’s presented as a flawed, but favored mother.  And in her example, we can find guidance in how we can be the kind of mother, mother-in-law, the kind of Christian that God desires us all to be!