Ruth Skit: Boaz and Workers in the Field
Ruth Skit: Boaz and Workers in the Field
Worker 1:
Ugh, another hot day of harvesting in the sun!
Worker 2:
Sure is hard work getting all this barley in.
Worker 3: At
least there is a really good harvest this year.
Worker 4: Yes,
there will be a lot of money to be made for us and our hard work.
Worker 5: Let’s
just get this field all done.
Worker 6:
Wait, who’s that lady over on the side of the field?
1: That’s
one of the gleaners.
2: Yeah- the
losers who don’t have real jobs like us.
3: They have
to pick up the leftovers from what we harvest.
4: It’s the
only way they get anything to eat.
5: Yeah- we
have to leave some extra for them- it’s the law.
6: Kind of
annoying- that she benefits from our hard work, though, you know?
1: She’s not
even from here.
2: Those
Moabites are bad news. I heard they are really mean!
3: Maybe we
should make her leave.
4: You mean
just mess with her a little bit? Yeah- haha!
5: And let’s
not leave so much left over from these sheaves- make her job harder
6: That will
teach her to come to OUR field and think she’s owed anything!
Boaz: Hey,
everyone!
All workers:
Hello, Boaz, sir!
Boaz: I
wanted to let you all know- there is a woman gleaning in the field today.
1: Yes sir,
we saw her.
Boaz: Great!
Please be kind to her! Make sure she gets water at breaks, and make sure nobody
messes with her. I know sometimes field hands like to joke around- but can you
keep an eye out to make sure she’s safe?
2: Uhhh,
yeah, definitely!
3: We would
NEVER do anything to make her feel like she didn’t belong here.
4: Yeah, we
think it’s GREAT that gleaners are safe here.
5: Maybe we
should even leave out EXTRA barley from the sheaves for her.
Boaz: What a
great idea, yes, please do that!
6: May I
ask, sir, why you are going out of your way to be so nice to this foreign
woman?
Boaz: Well,
she moved here with Naomi, who is a relative of mine.
1: Oh, so
she’s related to you?
2: I guess
that makes sense! She’s not actually foreign?
Boaz: Ruth
IS from Moab, she just came back here with Naomi when their husbands both died.
3: Oh geez,
that’s super sad!
4: Yeah,
widows have a tough life- but two widows trying to support each other- that’s
really tough.
Boaz: Yes,
indeed. And Ruth has gone out of her way to help Naomi. She’s here gleaning in
the field- hard and tiring work, as you know. She’s very faithful to Naomi, so
I thought we could help her as well.
5: Sounds
like maybe you have a crush on her, Boaz!
6: Ooh, Boaz
and Ruth, sitting in a tree! First comes love, then comes marriage…
Boaz:
Actually, I am the next of kin for Ruth. Maybe I *should* marry her…
1: We were
just kidding, Boaz…
Boaz: Well,
I wasn’t! God has called us to love our neighbors. And you get to do that by
watching out for Ruth in this field. I get to do that by giving her a future,
and a place to belong. God has been faithful to us. I respond out of thanks by
sharing that gift with others.
2: You’re a
good dude, Boaz!
3: And we
will be like you- do our best to help and protect Ruth.
4: And
anyone else who comes to this field to glean!
5: Yeah! We
will have enough- we might as well share with people who don’t have enough!
6: Exactly!
We have enough to share. Now- Enough yapping- let’s get this field harvested!
All: Thanks
be to God!
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