My Sister Finds Her Boaz
Not everyone feel that they have a Boaz. Some are looking in the strangest places looking for their “Boaz.” My sister found hers when she least expected it. This is an audio of how my sister found as told to me by her. Even today, although this was more than 30 years ago, I still chuckle. The relationship between them, produced a marriage and a bouncing, surprised baby boy in their older years. Now, they are watching over him as a family man from their heavenly home. The story of their relationship is one that I still cherish and am looking forward to sharing it with their grandchildren, one day. I still appreciate the laughter from their story of the “suitcase” debt. Listen and laugh with me.
Boaz the Kinsman
Boaz lived during the era when Israel was under the Mosaic Law and was ruled by judges (Judges 2:16-19). The relationship between Ruth and Boaz symbolizes the relationship between Israel and God. Israel had a continuing cycle of disobedience, judgment, and repentance. God, showing mercy, gave them deliverance, rescuing Israel from their enemies.
Consequently, Boaz was moved by Ruth’s love and dedication (Ruth 2:19-23) to Naomi, her widowed mother-in-law. He saw her work ethics, kindness and obedience. More than that, Ruth’s faithfulness to God is a testament of how God used a kinsman to buy the land of inheritance according to the Mosaic Law (Ruth 4:5-9).
In God’s plan, Jesus is our Kinsman. He paid the price for sins through his blood. Today, as Naomi and friends celebrated, so we do (Ruth 4:13-16).
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