Where you go, I will goRuth 1Length: Long
Eat
Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.
- Read
- Reread
- Retell
Digest
Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.
What does this passage show me about God?
- What does Ruth promise Naomi, and what does she then do to keep them both alive?
What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- Who has stayed with you when leaving would have been easier?
What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- Whom will you not leave this week — and what will that cost you?
Who will I tell?
- Who is gleaning at the edges of your community that you could notice, as Boaz did?
Grow
Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).
Pray
God, a widowed foreigner bound herself to a bitter old woman and to you, and went to work in someone else's field. Give us that kind of loyalty and that kind of courage.