Expect Change: Ruth 1:1-5. Think what change must have done to Naomi. Consider the events that came quickly to her life. First, her family moved from her familiar home to a different country. Later her husband died. Her sons married foreign women. Within ten years, both sons died! These events left three widows living together with no support system. Naomi need coping skills as much as any woman who ever lived. What would you have done? Naomi decided to return to her family. She heard that the famine was over in Bethlehem, and she felt led to go back to her people.

She advised her two daughters-in-law to return to theirs, which Orpah did. However, Ruth chose to remain with Naomi and the religious faith she adapted when she married Naomi’s son.

Ruth demonstrated that her initial commitment was a lifelong commitment. Her beautiful reaffirmation of that commitment (vv.16-17) is often used by ministers to illustrate the commitment of the bride and groom in marriage.

Through the years I’ve learned that God knows what is happening to us and will bless us (when we commit our lives to His will) Romans 8:28-29.

Are you experiencing change that threatens to overwhelm you? The Lord will bless you and meet your needs as you claim His promise to, “work good in all things�?(Rom. 8:28).

Does anyone have anything they would like to add to this study?  Please feel free to do so.  God Bless All, Love in Christ, Sister Betty.