All day at home Naomi had to wait all day while Ruth went out to the fields that first time. She had no way of knowing what happened, and she probably didn’t expect what she found out.
The meeting Ruth meets Boaz in the field and is treated with unexpected kindness. She didn’t who he was at the time, nor how God would use him in her life.
Not a chance The famine has ended and the field are ready to harvest outside Bethlehem. Naomi and Ruth have arrived in Bethlehem at just the right time as there is literally food everywhere. However, that doesn’t automatically mean they will be fed. Has providence turned in their favor?