| THE FINAL SCENE Ruth was at home with Naomi while her future was being decided by a man whose name we are never told. But God was in it all and it was another lesson in faith and trust that the new convert, Ruth, had to learn. As soon as the unknown relative's decision was known Boaz spoke up. He seems to have been very happy to be able I to say to the ten witnesses and whoever else was there 'I now take Ruth to be my wife as well as buying back the land that 'I' once belonged to Elimelech, the late husband of Naomi'. The people too were very happy about the outcome and gave Boaz all the best wishes they could possibly think of. Verse 12 seems to indicate that they even wished he might have twin sons in the days to come. So our love story ends. Ruth would have made a radiant I bride wouldn't she? Soon a son was born and the women of the village crowded around Naomi congratulating her. They recognised the love there was between Ruth and Naomi and how God had blessed the later years of Naomi's life even more than the beginning. Who did this baby become? The grandfather of King David. God allowed Ruth to be one of the ancestresses of his own Son who was born in the same village, the town of Bethlehem. God can overrule in our lives and when we come to trust in him, his plans are always for our good. Boaz could not have, married Ruth while she was an unbeliever, but she came to know the God of Israel and put herself into his hands. We know the outcome of her story and her life. Some day we will fully know the outcome of our own as we put our faith and I trust in God-the same God of Boaz and Ruth. A VERSE FOR TODAY: 'We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.' Romans 8:28. | 
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