Ruth 3. As a Moabit outsider, a woman, and a widow, Ruth is at the bottom of the societal heap; but her decision to leave her own land and people for Naomi and Naomi's God and people has made the Bethlehem headlines. She does not seem to realize it, but she is a celebrity, and for all the right reasons.
Her commitment back in chapter 1 has tongues wagging, has her employer and Naomi's kinsman, Boaz, feeling a good bit more energetic; it has even put the old bitter Naomi back in fine mother-in-law form! The two woman hatch a plot to nab the wealthy Boaz as a husband for Ruth, that ends up with a dolled-up Ruth sneaking around a grain pile and Boaz sitting up in the middle of the night singing Kum Ba Ya! The plan works; Boaz is thrilled at the prospect of having this hot-young-mysterious-foriegn-faithful girl as a wife. But oops! There is a problem, as we shall see tomorrow. In the end, living by commitment, creativity and wits gets you only so far. Naomi and Ruth must now sit by and wait and see if other help is forthcoming. RS
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