Ruth Part 1: It's Time To Come Home (Ruth 1:1-7)

As the beautiful story of Ruth begins, the scene is anything but beautiful. In Bethlehem, the House of Bread, there's a famine. In their desperation, a family of four leaves the land and fields of God's Promise to go into the fields Moab. The Moabite people were considered cursed by God, but the sons of this family marry Moabite women. After tragedy and trauma, only the women are still living, but God's bigger plan begins to unfold. God's drawing pursuit of both Naomi and Ruth reflects His pursuit today of those who have walked away from His promise and those who have never known God and His ways. People who have left the church due to  and people who have never been a part of God's family can hear the wonderful good news: there is bread in God's house again and it's time to come home! Someone told Naomi that good news, and we have the privilege of spreading the news still today.