We were looking at Ruth 2 on Sunday evening and as I revisited my notes and the passage yesterday I was struck by Ruth's dependence on God. At a time when many Israelites were not depending on God she takes a risk (Bethlehem in the time of the Judges was a dangerous place for a young woman to be out on her own) because she trusts that God will provide.
She goes out to glean trusting in God's provision through his word and he guides her to the field of Boaz, out of all the fields in Bethlehem, and Boaz becomes the godly conduit through which God works.
It got me thinking about our independence as opposed to Ruth's dependence, it also got me thinking about how we like Naomi in the previous chapter often ignore God's means of provision - people - because we are looking for something more miraculous. I was then thinking about Haiti this morning in preparation for Sunday - How can a God of love allow natural disasters? God shows his love in natural disasters through his people as they model his compassion and kindness as they act as conduits for God to work.
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