The book of Ruth—a powerful story of the Messiah who is our Kinsman-Redeemer—can also be read as the simple story of the romance between Ruth and Boaz. The love between the two provides a good example of some of the keys to a good relationship.
To begin, Ruth was LOYAL to her mother-in-law Naomi. After her husband died, she followed Naomi back to Israel, a land she had never seen:
“Where you go, I will go, and where you live, I will live. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried” Ruth 1:16-17.
Ruth also had INTEGRITY. Boaz noticed: “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me…. All the people in my town know that you are a woman of NOBLE CHARACTER” Ruth 2:11; 3:11.
And Boaz also had INTEGRITY: “He was a prominent man of NOBLE CHARACTER” 2:1. Naomi knew Boaz to be a MAN OF ACTION. “My daughter, … HE WON’T REST UNLESS HE RESOLVES THIS TODAY” 3:18.
Ruth and Boaz were people of integrity, loyalty, hard-work, and kindness. Traits such as these support good marriages and strong families.
Watch and pray for a spouse of NOBLE CHARACTER.
And work and pray to BE a person of NOBLE CHARACTER.
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