Deaf Devo - The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States for Friday, 21 July 2017 "Boaz" Bible Reading: Ruth 2:1-13
Ruth 2:1 Na‘omi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent and wealthy member of Elimelekh’s clan, whose name was Bo‘az. 2 Rut the woman from Mo’av said to Na‘omi, “Let me go into the field and glean ears of grain behind anyone who will allow me to.” She answered her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she set out, arrived at the field and gleaned behind the reapers.
She happened to be in the part of the field that belonged to Bo‘az from Elimelekh’s clan, 4 when Bo‘az arrived from Beit-Lechem. He said to the reapers, “Adonai be with you”; and they answered him, “Adonai bless you.” 5 Then Bo‘az asked his servant supervising the reapers, “Whose girl is this?” 6 The servant supervising the reapers answered, “She’s a girl from Mo’av who returned with Na‘omi from the plain of Mo’av. 7 She said, ‘Please, let me glean and gather what falls from the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she went and has kept at it from morning until now, except for a little rest in the shelter.”
8 Bo‘az said to Rut, “Did you hear that, my daughter? Don’t go to glean in another field, don’t leave this place, but stick here with my working girls. 9 Keep your eyes on whichever field the reapers are working in, and follow the girls. I’ve ordered the young men not to bother you. Whenever you get thirsty, go and drink from the water jars the young men have filled.”
10 She fell on her face, prostrating herself, and said to him, “Why are you showing me such favor? Why are you paying attention to me? After all, I’m only a foreigner.” 11 Bo‘az answered her, “I’ve heard the whole story, everything you’ve done for your mother-in-law since your husband died, including how you left your father and mother and the land you were born in to come to a people about whom you knew nothing beforehand. 12 May Adonai reward you for what you’ve done; may you be rewarded in full by Adonai the God of Isra’el, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” 13 She said, “My lord, I hope I continue pleasing you. You have comforted and encouraged me, even though I’m not one of your servants.”
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One day I took my dog to the vet. On the way, my car suddenly stopped. I called a tow truck. The driver of the truck allowed me and my dog to ride in the truck with him. Friends came to the garage and took us home. The truck driver and my friends were very kind to me.
Boaz was a man who showed kindness to other people. He saw a woman gathering grain from his field. This woman was Ruth. Boaz protected Ruth and provided for her and her mother-in-law, Naomi. Later, Boaz and Ruth were married. Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed. Many years later, Jesus was born from this family line.
It is very important that we be kind to other people. There are many ways we can show kindness - share a meal with a needy person, visit someone who is in prison or help provide food and shelter to people who are homeless. Ask God to show you people today who need some kindness.
"Then Ruth said, 'You are very kind to me, sir. I am only a servant. I am not even equal to one of your servants, but you have said kind words to me and comforted me.'" [Ruth 2:13]
PRAYER: Help me, Lord, to show kindness to people I meet today. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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