You know the Bible's full of great love stories, right? The Book of Ruth displays it in a lot of ways.

Here's Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth. And then the most important love that of all in this story is the

incredible love of God for his people. And we see that love lived out in the desperate and difficult

circumstances of life. This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Ackdorn.

For January 18th, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh.

When you think of a great story, what makes it that way? Love, adventure, uncertainty of the

future, a happy ending? The story of Ruth involves all of that, and so much more. Most importantly,

it displays a picture of God's love and restoration. Here's Nancy.

Today on Revive Our Hearts, we're going to start a several-week journey through one of my

very favorite books in all the Bible, The Book of Ruth. As we start the series today, I thought

it would be meaningful to have my friend Max McLean read for us a portion of the Book of Ruth.

Max is with the Fellowship for the Performing Arts, and many of you have heard his daily

radio program called Listen to the Bible. I believe there's something very powerful about just

listening to the scripture being read, and God has given Max a great gift of reading the

scripture in a way that makes it

come alive. Let's join Max McLean in the Book of Ruth. Chapter 2. Now, Naomi had a relative on her

husband's side from the clan of Alimelech, a man of standing whose name was Boaz. And Ruth, the Moabaites, said to Naomi,

let me go to the fields and pick the leftover grain behind anyone whose eyes I find favor.

Naomi said to her, go ahead, my daughter.

So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters.

As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Alimelech.

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters.

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