Naomi held the child close, tears of joy rolling down her cheeks.
"The Lord has not left you without a redeemer," the women said. "May his name be famous in Israel!"
Ruth stood beside her, hands folded over her chest, heart full.
Obed would grow.
Obed would become the father of Jesse.
And Jesse the father of David—the shepherd-king.
From a Moabite widow, came the seed of kings.
From loss, came legacy.
And from an ordinary story, came an eternal truth:
God rewrites the bitter into beautiful.