The book of Ruth is a love story focused on the lives of two women, Ruth, of course, and her mother-in-law, Naomi. However, the story does not start out the way love stories typically do. It starts with Naomi losing her husband and two sons, one of whom was Ruth’s husband. Even though she felt immense pain, Naomi was not afraid to be honest about her grief and bitterness. She wasn’t preoccupied with getting answers and she didn’t blame herself. Instead, she continued to trust God and pray for those around her. Naomi’s faithfulness to God’s plan in the midst of such a tragedy was the catalyst for Ruth’s decision to convert and follow God. Naomi’s story has a lot to teach us about how we should behave when we are faced with difficult and painful seasons in our own lives.