Ruth

The testimony of Ruth's life

Honor your mother-in-law.
God applauds loyalty.
God honors the man who is generous toward the poor.
Those who seek God--"your God, my God"--find Him always gracious to embrace them in His loving arms and always anxious to involve them in His eternal plans.
Honor the alien in the land.
There is refuge under His wings. There you may safely abide.
The grace of God: A daughter of Moab--one of Israel's implacable enemies--marries the son of Rahab--the Canaanite prostitute of Jericho who feared the Lord. And centuries later "unto you a Son is born"--the Savior of the world. Behold our Redeemer.
His ways are not our ways. But His ways are always flawless.
God can use anyone regardless of their past, their ethnicity, their gender. All that matters to Him is a present tense desire to walk by faith.