Consider how Ruth points us to a unique characteristic of God: lovingkindness, or ḥeseḏ, in Hebrew. This unique word combines loyalty, generosity, and love all into one word—and the story of Ruth features this word at the beginning, middle, and end of her story!
God’s loyalty to his children (1:8)
Boaz generously provided for Ruth in the fields (2:20)
Ruth loved and proposed marriage to Boaz (3:10)
Ruth and Boaz are examples of hesed in how they cared for and served other people, pointing to the ultimate example of loyal love that God shows us, his children. Let’s follow their examples and show God’s love to others with action and truth (1 John 3:16-18).
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