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When Ruth risks all and leaves her land behind for a chance at a new life, will she be able to convince Boaz to risk his heart and redeem her from her desperate state?
My Review:
Redeeming Grace is
the story of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz from the time before Naomi and her family
left Bethlehem to the birth of Obed. We
are given all three of their viewpoints throughout the story, and I would say
that for the most part the story follows along the Biblical records. The author does take some artistic license
during the years before Moab and during the time Naomi and Ruth lived in
Moab. I found the author’s take very
interesting and could see the meticulous research shining through. We know, according to Scripture, why Naomi
and her family left their home, but why did they not return sooner? Why were Ruth and Naomi so destitute? Why were there no children in 10 years of
marriage and was Boaz married before or a bachelor? The author attempts to answer these questions
and gives us a believable sequence of events from her imagination and research.
What really stood out to me was how the culture of Moab was
described; their gods, festivals, and evil sacrifices. We see how the culture around us can corrupt
and seem pleasing even to those chosen of God.
How careful we need to be to not be drawn in lest we lose not only our
lives, but our souls. I liked again how
Jill shows a searching Ruth, (like Rahab) who believed there was something
more, a better way then what she grew up in.
Hence her faithfulness to Naomi to set forth as a foreigner to a land
that may not have been friendly to a foreigner from a hostile nation. The comparisons between Bethlehem and Moab
the land, people, and festivals were thought provoking and interesting as well.
The love Ruth has for Naomi shines bright and her willingness
to obey and put her Mother-in-law’s needs above her own. The romance and genuine love between Ruth and
Boaz ultimately resulting in the birth of their son Obed, the grandfather of
King David and in the ancestral line of Jesus was a treat to watch unfold.
This story does not sugar coat the trials that were faced
and shows how even God’s people dealt with depression and questioned a God who
was good yet allowed bad things to happen.
I received a copy of this book for free. I was not required to give a positive review
and the views and opinions expressed are my own.
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