It is the stories God, Himself, has penned, that really last forever; the dreams He gives, which in the end come true. Some marriages, they say, are made in heaven. Ruth’s love-song proves all this is true; for here romance and revelation walk together through the fields, and purposes divine soon ripen with the corn.The author brings a wide experience of human contact, suffering and travel to his fresh rehearsal of this story. With sensitive perception he moves the heart and probes the conscience. Amidst the drama and emotions, historical and textual research keeps sentiment in rein, and spiritual perspectives emerge with clarity and power.In today’s disastrous world, where rebel slogans match those of the Judges’ period, this ageless love-song yields an ever brighter lustre. It tells us now, as then, that God’s redemptive plan runs on to glory by means of those who trust Him in the twilight hour.