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Friendly Rich Boas

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[Ruth 2:8-9]

So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field

and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls.

Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls.

I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty,

go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled."

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Ruth, a Moabite woman, came to Bethlehem following Naomi, her mother-in-law,

to become a people of God. Ruth was very kind to Naomi.

Such behavior of Ruth was well known to those living in the area.

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One day when it was time to harvest the grain, Ruth told Naomi.

“Please let me go into the field. If you have ever met a friendly person,

I will glean grains that fall on the field.” Naomi allowed her to do so.

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Ruth went out into the field and followed the workers in one field and gleaned.

But, incidentally, the field that Ruth had gone for the gleaning was the field of Boaz,

the son of the Elimelech family, whose husband Naomi was.

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On that day Boaz, the owner of the field, came to Bethlehem and came to the field.

Boas blessed and greeted the workers. The workers also replied,

“May the Lord bless you, Master.” Boas was a wonderful master who honored the workers.

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Boaz found Ruth in his field and asked the supervisor.

“Who is that woman?”

“She is a Moabite woman from Moab with Naomi. The woman asked me to go

after the workers in the morning and allow me to pick up the glean.

She has been gleaning until now, except for a while in the cabin.”

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When Boaz heard this, he said to Ruth,

“Do not go to another field for gleaning. Follow my workers only.

Look closely at the fields they are going to follow. I told my workers not to bother you.

If thirsty, go to the water jars and let the workers drink the water that has been lonely.”

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Ruth was so grateful for the kindness of Boaz, she bowed her face to the ground.

“I am a stranger, how can you do this kind of grace to someone like me?”

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Boaz told Ruth.

“I heard what you did to your mother-in-law after your husband died.

And I know that you have come to this kingdom with your husband 's parents,

who have left your country and have no one to know.

Now, because you have come to the LORD, the Lord God of Israel will pay you back.”

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Boaz's kindness did not end here. Boaz allowed Ruth to eat with them.

“Please take this bread on this delicious honey.”

Boaz gave enough roasted grain to Ruth to eat.

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After eating, Ruth awoke to glean, and Boaz told the workers.

“Please let her pick her ears among the barley.

And you will drop her grains a little from the barley, so that she can pick you up.”

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With the kindness of Boaz, Ruth was able to glean from the field all day long.

On that day, the grains picked by Ruth were about an ephah. This is about 30L.

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Boas allowed Lot to work alongside his workers on the other day.

Boaz also allowed her to come till the end of the harvest.

Ruth returned home and told Naomi what had happened in the field of Boaz.

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Naomi, who heard Ruth's words, could feel that God was taking care of them.

Because Boaz was a relative of his husband Elimelech,

she had the hope that he could buy and return her land according to the law of Israel.

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Ruth came to the land of Judah along with her mother-in-law, Naomi,

because she wanted to be a people of God.

God remembered Ruth's precious heart and led the footsteps of Ruth into the field of Boaz. And she was able to meet Boas, who came to see the field, to receive grace.

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God always cares for and guides His people.

God, who leads Ruth, guides us equally as children of God.

We must always strive to be people of faith who always remember this grace and thank God.

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