| COMING HOME AGAIN When Naomi, the mother-in-law, saw that Ruth had made up her mind to leave Moab for ever and go with her to Bethlehem, she said no more but resumed her journey toward Israel. The test was over. One girl had gone back, the other went on. . Verse 19 gives us a beautiful picture. 'So they went both of them together to Bethlehem.' It later became the birthplace of both David the king and Jesus our Saviour. The people of the town were stirred to see Naomi return after so long a time but they had great difficulty in recognising her. Naomi had changed because of the passing of time and because of the experiences she had passed through. It is the same with-people today. Experiences in a far country, away from the Lord and his people leave their mark on the life and heart and sometimes on the physical condition of the person concerned. Naomi said that God had dealt very bitterly with her. Was it God who had done it? Or was it her own family that had caused the problems? They had left the place God had said should be the home of his people and they had suffered because of doing so. Who was the blame for the prodigal son being in the pigsty? Surely not the father, but rather the son himself. It was only when he returned to his father's house that he was blessed once more. Naomi and Ruth came back to Bethlehem just in time to share in the blessings and provision of the barley harvest. God always has his blessings waiting for those who return to him and to the place of his will. A THOUGHT FOR TODA Y: 'Don't blame God if our own actions are really the cause of our problems. ' | 
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