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Ruth and Naomi

Ruth 1:1–22

For children

Naomi was sad because her husband and sons had died. Her daughter-in-law Ruth loved her and said, "Where you go, I will go, and your God will be my God." Ruth worked in the fields of a kind man named Boaz, who married her. Their great-grandson was King David!

For grown-ups

In the dark days of the judges, God quietly works through loyal love (hesed). Boaz the kinsman-redeemer pays the price to bring a foreign widow into the family — a picture of Christ our Redeemer.

Talk about it

How did Ruth show love to Naomi?