00:00After losing everything in Moab, the young widow Ruth arrived poor in Bethlehem's barley fields.
00:05Determined to feed widowed Naomi, she knelt humbly to gather stray stalks left behind.
00:10From early morning she worked tirelessly under the scorching sun behind the busy harvesters.
00:15When landowner Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he immediately noticed her quiet diligence
00:20and faithful devotion. His servants explained how Ruth had bravely left her homeland to care
00:25for Naomi. Moved with compassion, Boaz approached Ruth and blessed her under the sheltering wings
00:30of God. He welcomed her to his table, offering unleavened bread, roasted grain and cool water.
00:37Then Boaz walked over to his reapers and gave them a secret, generous command. He ordered them to
00:42deliberately pull out extra handfuls of barley along her path. When you walk in humble faithfulness
00:47during hard seasons, God leaves unseen blessings ahead.
