When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth will hazard the journey to her mother-in-law's homeland. Destitute and downhearted, Naomi resigns herself to a life of bitter poverty, but Ruth holds out hope for a better future. And Boaz may be the one God has chosen to provide it.Combining meticulous research with her endless imagination, Jill Eileen Smith gorgeously renders one of the most beautiful stories in Scripture. Readers will adore this third installment of the inspiring Daughters of the Promised Land series.
"Even if your heart is not in it,"..."God knows. He understands why sacrifice is so hard for you-for all of us, really, for isn't that why it is called a sacrifice? If it was an easy thing to give our best-the best of our flock, the first of our harvest, not knowing if there will be more-and to give our thanks when we are not thankful, then where would the sacrifice be?"
Redeeming Grace is a fictional account of the TRUE account of Ruth from the Bible. I've always loved her history, and this book did not disappoint. It sucked me in from page one. It also caused me to consider that Boaz had been married before Ruth. Something I'd never even THOUGHT about. Why had that not occurred to me before? If you love Biblical fiction-or even if you don't, this is a book that's well worth reading.
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