by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 16, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ‘May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!’ Naomi also said to her, ‘The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.’ – Ruth 2:20 Just a chapter earlier, Naomi had...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 15, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
And at mealtime Boaz said to her, ‘Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.’ So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. – Ruth 2:14 Boaz doesn’t just...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 14, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, ‘Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?’ – Ruth 2:10 Ruth’s reaction to Boaz’s kindness is one of humility and wonder. She’s overwhelmed...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 13, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. – Ruth 2:3 At first glance, this verse sounds ordinary—even random. Ruth goes out, finds a...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 12, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.’ And she said to her, ‘Go, my daughter.’ – Ruth 2:2 Ruth didn’t just sit around waiting for something to happen. She knew...
