She lost everything in a foreign land. But what she found would change the course of history.

Ten years of famine have forged the hills of Bethlehem into a cracked, brittle plate of brown. For Naomi, the barren fields are a mirror of her own empty life. Fleeing to the pagan land of Moab was a desperate choice to save her family, but it led only to the graves of her husband and her two sons. Left alone, her faith shattered, she is no longer Naomi, the “pleasant one.” She is Mara, a woman consumed by a bitterness as deep as her loss.

Yet, she does not return to Judah alone. At her side is Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, a young widow who has made a vow of shocking, unbreakable loyalty. Forsaking her gods, her people, and her homeland, Ruth has bound her destiny to her grieving mother-in-law, declaring, “Where you go, I will go… your God, my God.”

Their homecoming is not a celebration, but a spectacle of shame. Two destitute widows, they are outcasts in a town that remembers Naomi’s fullness and now scorns her emptiness. To survive, Ruth must do the unthinkable: enter the barley fields as a gleaner, the lowest of the low, and beg for fallen scraps of grain. It is there, under the blistering sun and the suspicious eyes of the reapers, that her path crosses with Boaz—a mighty man of valor, a kinsman of Naomi’s late husband, and a man of unexpected kindness.

In this powerful, lyrical retelling of the beloved biblical story, the sparse verses of scripture are brought to vibrant, emotional life. Experience a world of ancient laws, profound faith, and the quiet, courageous choices that ripple through generations. More than just a love story, Strength Like Ruth is a profound journey of faith tested by fire, the unbreakable bond between two women, and the story of an Unseen Weaver who can turn the tangled threads of famine, grief, and exile into a tapestry of redemption.