Solomon: the costly drift

In the Old Testament book of Ruth, we meet a young Moabite widow who leaves her homeland to live in Bethlehem with her mother-in-law, Naomi. Though she had grown up knowing only Chemosh, the god of Moab, Ruth came to know Yahweh through the influence of her husband and his family. Longing for Naomi’s people to become her people and for Naomi’s God to become her God, Ruth moved to Israel.