Boaz is a hero

Check out Boaz.

According to the Book of Ruth in the Bible, Ruth the Moabitess and Boaz are great-grandparents of King David. So David should be really grateful to Naomi for her part in setting up Ruth and Boaz.

When her husband died, Ruth followed Naomi back from Moab to a new land and new people . Apparently, word got out about Ruth’s faithfulness to Naomi. When Boaz found out Ruth was gathering grain in his field, he was generous to her. Not only did he allow her to gather grains from his field, he also offered protection. He let everyone in his field know that Ruth was not to be harmed. In fact, they were told to pull out a few stalks for her to pick up so she’d have enough.

One day, Naomi decided to help Ruth find a good home – with a good man. She gave her daughter-in-law some advice that led to Boaz making an offer to purchase Naomi’s land and taking Ruth as his wife. Boaz cared enough to be friendly with Ruth and with the man who could’ve claimed Ruth as his wife (instead of Boaz). There’s the old saying that you can catch more flies with honey.

Friendliness helped Boaz get the woman he wanted.