A quick summary of the book of Ruth:
Having moved to Moab and lost everything there, including her husband and two children, Naomi decided it was time to go home with Judah. It must have been heartbreaking for her to begin the return trip without those with whom she had begun. But she had her two daughters-in-law, Orfa and Ruth. In those days, they were still part of their home, even though their husbands had left.
At some point along the way, Naomi must have considered how much the two girls had given up by leaving what was probably the only home they had known. She begged them to return to their mothers' homes. At first both girls resisted, but finally their persistence persuaded Orfa, and she kissed Naomi and went home. But Ruth's book tells us that Ruth was not convinced. His commitment to his mother-in-law was too strong. “Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, ”he told Naomi.
He had been leaving his town for several years. Now he was returning, but when he enters, they almost don't know her, she didn't look like that woman who had left, so strong, so vigorous, so vital.
He returns unsuccessful, tired, bitter, he had left with his hands full, he returns with empty hands. He undertook the trip with a well-established family, he returns without them.
The friends of the town to see her run towards her, a stir forms, they approach, they observe her But are you? What happened to you? Your husband and your children? Tears run down her cheeks. She doesn't even have the strength to speak, with a soft voice she tells them: They have stayed there, they died, her friends want to comfort her but she has great bitterness.
A young girl accompanies her, she had been his son's wife.
Despite what they were going through, God had a wonderful plan and time was going to be a witness that God was with them and that He had not forsaken them.
How many times like this woman do we feel dejected, without strength, but God always has a way out of all the adversities we encounter along the way.
I don't imagine Naomi that all this bitterness she was going through was going to be temporary, God had a plan of salvation and was going to fulfill it through the Ruth lineage (Naomi's daughter-in-law)
The hand of God is the one that oversees everything and all our needs are satisfied in Him, the most precious thing is that God will always fulfill his plan, just as he had it prepared for these women.
Naomi came to town believing it was the end, however it was the beginning of the great salvation!
