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Ruth 3:14-18 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 So she stayed at his feet until morning. But she got up before anyone could be recognized. Boaz thought, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
15 He said to Ruth, “Bring me the coat you have around you. Hold it out.” So she did. He poured more than fifty pounds of barley into it and helped her pick it up. Then he went back to town.
16 Ruth came to her mother-in-law. Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then Ruth told her everything Boaz had done for her. 17 She said, “He gave me all this barley. He said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law with your hands empty.’ ”
18 Naomi said, “My daughter, sit down until you find out what happens. The man won’t rest until he settles the whole matter today.”
Not only does Boaz promise to try and redeem Ruth and Naomi, but he sends her home with a huge gift of provision so that Ruth does not go home empty handed. God himself is like that, He doesn't send us away empty, He provides for us in surprising ways besides redeeming us. Do we try to show the same generous spirit to those we meet in need?
14 So she stayed at his feet until morning. But she got up before anyone could be recognized. Boaz thought, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
15 He said to Ruth, “Bring me the coat you have around you. Hold it out.” So she did. He poured more than fifty pounds of barley into it and helped her pick it up. Then he went back to town.
16 Ruth came to her mother-in-law. Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then Ruth told her everything Boaz had done for her. 17 She said, “He gave me all this barley. He said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law with your hands empty.’ ”
18 Naomi said, “My daughter, sit down until you find out what happens. The man won’t rest until he settles the whole matter today.”
Not only does Boaz promise to try and redeem Ruth and Naomi, but he sends her home with a huge gift of provision so that Ruth does not go home empty handed. God himself is like that, He doesn't send us away empty, He provides for us in surprising ways besides redeeming us. Do we try to show the same generous spirit to those we meet in need?