The Never Ending, Never Failing, Steadfast Love of God

It would be difficult to exaggerate how bleak the lives of Naomi and Ruth appeared upon their arrival back in Bethlehem. To be a widow without a male survivor, accompanied only by a widowed, Moabite daughter-in-law, returning to your home and community only after a long time away, while other’s lives had moved on, was about as dim a prospect as could possibly exist. In the words of Naomi, they were “empty” (1:21). Their only consolation was that food was available again, and at the very least they would not go hungry. But one important factor was missing from that equation, as we’ll see movingly revealed in Ruth 2:1-23, in a message entitled “The Never Ending, Never Failing, Steadfast Love of God”. It’s an important reminder that what often looks like the end of the road, may be just the beginning.