Chapter 3 shows a bold and brave plan being enacted by Naomi and Ruth, but this is not a template for a strategic plan, rather this is a story of what people do in desperate circumstances. Without some kind of help and security under the law, the future for Naomi and Ruth looked bleak. Their customs and traditions did provide for this but given Naomi’s age and Ruth’s ethnicity, it was not guaranteed and so they take matters into their own hands. We cannot escape that we are privy to an intimate and private moment here; Ruth goes to Boaz in the night, on her own, even today in some circles that could be seen as taboo! Yet it is not written here as a scandal. The important point here is perhaps not just what happens, but why it happens. Why does she go to Boaz? What significance does a kinsman redeemer have? Why does she trust him? (You can bring in a parallel to Jesus as kinsman redeemer to us and introduce Christology). Ruth has much to fear but she is not depicted as being scared here. Lots of assumptions are being turned on their head and we are caused to question, what is really important here? What boldness did God imbue Ruth with here that she stood on God’s promises with such assurance and confidence? Do we hold the same boldness?