Ruth 4 - May 8, 2026

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate HereToday’s reading brings us back to Ruth 4, where the whole story of emptiness, loss, loyalty, and providence comes rushing into one word: redeemed. Boaz goes to the gate, settles the matter publicly, and takes Ruth as his wife so that the name of the dead would not be forgotten. What looked like a family line ending in grief becomes a story God keeps alive through the work of a redeemer.Ruth the Moabite is no longer just the outsider with a painful label; she is blessed like Rachel and Leah, welcomed into the story of Israel, and placed in the line that leads to David—and ultimately to Christ. Naomi, who began the book bitter and empty, ends it with a baby in her lap and joy in her hands. That is what redemption does: it restores names, fills empty places, and turns broken stories into gospel testimonies.