The Faith Behind Faithfulness

The book of Ruth opens to a scene of unimaginable hardship, tragedy, and loss. A family forced to leave their generational family home owing to the economic consequences of war and famine, to take up residence as migrants in a land and among a people not their own, only to experience the untimely death of their husband and father and then later both of their sons. But out of those ashes emerges one of the most beautiful and powerful stories of faith ever written. In Ruth 1:6-22 we begin the journey of Naomi and Ruth in a message entitled “The Faith Behind the Faithfulness”. The vivid account is a telling reminder of that most essential characteristic that must form the bedrock of our lives. The book of Ruth opens to a scene of unimaginable hardship, tragedy, and loss. A family forced to leave their generational family home owing to the economic consequences of war and famine, to take up residence as migrants in a land and among a people not their own, only to experience the untimely death of their husband and father and then later both of their sons. But out of those ashes emerges one of the most beautiful and powerful stories of faith ever written. In Ruth 1:6-22 we begin the journey of Naomi and Ruth in a message entitled “The Faith Behind the Faithfulness”. The vivid account is a telling reminder of that most essential characteristic that must form the bedrock of our lives.