Ways to Make it Good

Ruth 3:2 KJV

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

This demonstration of the grace of God serves as a reminder that, as bad as things might look, God has ways to make it good. 

• Naomi had left Israel under a famine. It was a bad time 
• Her husband and sons died in a foreign land. It must have been a terrible time
• Orpah returned to her own people and, while Naomi approved of it and even suggested it, it would have meant more Loss of Naomi. This is a bad time 

By the time Naomi returned to her own country she was so downhearted and depressed she refused her own name and just wanted to be remembered for her pain. 

But God was at work. Ruth returned with her, providing a glimmer of hope. Ruth was of great character which gave Naomi a means of survival. Then God stepped in. The hap was that Ruth gleaned in the field of an eligible near kinsman. Ruth found the husband Naomi said couldn't be had and Naomi nursed a baby she could not have dreamed would be in her family. 

As dark as a day might seem there is always a reason to have hope in Jesus Christ.