Impact will be continuing our Ruth study with Ruth chapter 2 this week! Please read Ruth chapter 2 and review the questions below. We will meet in our normal place this Thursday at 7:00 PM in the 700 Santa Cruz Ave. Building Menlo Park.
Please contact Christl at christlclear@gmail.com if you are interested in being placed in a table group. We are looking for those that can commit to 80 % attendance at Impact. Otherwise, we have a place for you at open tables.
Questions for Ruth 2:
1. What is Ruth doing gleaning in fields that are not hers? (See Lev. 19:9-10; Deut: 24:19)
2. These are laws given by God. What does this tell you about God?
3. What seem to have been the risks for women who did this kind of work? (See v. 2, 9, 22) How could the fact that Ruth was a foreigner from Moab have made the situation even more difficult?
4. Whose field did Ruth happen to work in? (2:3) Is there any indication that this was a setup on Naomi’s part or that Ruth even knew about Boaz before this?
5. Can you describe an experience where you thought something in your life happened by chance and then discovered that it was part of God’s bigger plan for you?
6. List facts about Ruth from chps 1 and 2. What does chp. 2 reveal about Ruth’s character?
7. List facts about Boaz from chp. 2. What are some character traits you can infer about Boaz from chp. 2?
8. In what way did Boaz do more than what the law in Q. 1 required? What can you learn from Boaz’s actions?
9. How do you respond to “outsiders?” New people? People who are going through a hard season of life? Is it any different if their circumstances are a result of their own actions?
10. What is one way you can actively give dignity, respect, and kindness to someone in need of it this week?
