Transitions in life are critical. Whether you know it or not, you are constantly transitioning or changing. Change is inevitable. Everything changes over time and unfortunately, more often than not, the church is left behind.
The book of Ruth records an important fact 'the last can be the first'. Ruth moved from Moab to Israel with her mother-in-law Naomi after a severe famine left them both widows. She is a nonentity and nothing is going right for her. She is a young widow, with no children and a Moabite - an enemy of Israel.