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She might return

Ruth 1:6 “Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.”

In this chapter, we read the account of Naomi.

Naomi’s husband Elimelech died. Soon after, her two sons Mahlon and Chilion died.

A sojourner with her husband, originally from Bethlehemjudah, now in Moab, she was left with just two daughters in law: Orpah and Ruth.

After hearing there was relief from the ongoing famine back in Judah, she was ready to return home.

We’ll learn in following verses that she suggests both Orpah and Ruth, women of Moab, return to their mother’s houses, while she made her way to Bethlehem.

Orpah complied, but Ruth would not. She insisted that her place was with Naomi.

She would go where Naomi went, live where Naomi lived, Naomi’s people would be her people, and Naomi’s God would be her God.

This is the beginning of a wonderful account that provides a glimpse of the Redeemer and a glimpse of His unmatched grace.

Ruth 1:6 “Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.”