Ruth 1.16,17 - Crazy Conversion!

Ruth 1.16,17 - Crazy Conversion!?

Orpah (not to be confused with modern Oprah!) was always sensible. Sure a lot of bad things happened to her – and her sister-in-law Ruth – but they were beyond her control. It seems she married into a “bad luck” family! They brought famine to Moab with them! Then the old man dies, then her brother-in-law, and then worst of all her husband! Time to look for greener pastures – pay respects to kind Naomi and move on! The future lays here in Moab, food, provisions, perhaps even a new husband and family! Ruth?! Well, not sure what got into her, hitching her wagon to Naomi, her people, and even her god??! ---- Conversion – ancient and modern – looks crazy! It is not safe or smart – a reckless risk! – trusting all to an unseen God! Ruth is the greatest conversion story in the Old Testament – and she looks crazy as a loon!