Naomi is a biblical model of motherhood done right. She wasn't perfect. She wasn't a miracle worker. Her kids didn't all turn out great. She simply hung in there and maintained a consistent model of the heart of God. And God used that to bless the entire world in ways she would never know this side of eternity.

1. God's correction is seeking our restoration, not our destruction. 

2. Suffering proves character. It doesn't always build it.

3. God's work leaves us with little to regret if we see it through to the end.