Story writing…
*introduction…
*rising action….
*climax…
*Falling action…
*resolution…
I watch movies on tv…they have these key components…and the advertisements seem to even revolve around these components…the last advertisement coming right before the resolution…the happy ending, the kiss, the looks, the engagement, the wedding, etc…it all fits neatly into 2 hours.
The book of Ruth does it in 4 short chapters…
We get the introduction, whom she is, what is happening, the climax of the thrashing floor, how she is taken care of and the resolution-the marriage of Ruth…the birth of a son…and much more….and definitely a sequel….
Characters of a deceased husband and father in law, sister in law, mother in law, laborers, citizens of Bethlehem, Boaz, relatives of her husband’s family…
All these things are part of this life story…which takes place in the turbulent times of the Judges, the ups and downs of Israelites…”everyone did as he saw fit”…(the sentence before the beginning of the book of Ruth).
We find her in Moab, a Moabite woman who married an Israelite man, became part of an Israelite family as did her sister in law…the husbands and father in law all die…what amazing grief they all faced…
Naomi, the mother in law decides to return to her homeland and town, broken, widowed, destitute…she urges Ruth and her sister in law to return to their families…Ruth only wants to go with Naomi…
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
Ruth.1.16-18
And that is the beginning of this short story which has eternal consequences…for us all…
Thank YOU…
Song of Ruth…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFgruhmaw0I&pp=ygUcc29uZyBvZiBydXRoIHdoZXJldmVyIHlvdSBnbw%3D%3D
There is hope…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeF2rhMr6U&pp=ygUsd2UgaGF2ZSBhIGhvcGUgdGhhdCBpcyBzdGVhZGZhc3QgYW5kIGNlcnRhaW4%3D
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