Spiritual Growth

Why would a gentile woman whose husband is deceased return with her mother-in-law to her hometown?

See how the blessing spoken over her caused her to leave her country and her God. It caused even greater blessing to come upon her and Naomi!

The book of Ruth begins with an account of Elimelech and his family leaving God’s Promised Land when a famine is rampant in that Land. And 10 years after losing her husband, Elimelech, Naomi finds herself in a desperate situation, which only gets worse as both her sons also died.

How could a family of Israelites end up in such a bad way given all the promises of goodness that God made to them?