Mishalariah intercepted Spirit at the door. "Lord, 2015 was a good year!"
Spirit sat down in the blue velvet chair. "Tell me."
She squeezed past his legs and sat down on her couch across from him. "She got a job as an agile coach and is using the techniques she developed. They seem to be working." She pushed the Ayin to one side. "She's happy about that."
"What about you? Do you enjoy agile coaching?"
Mishalariah shrugged. "I guess so. The profession models servant leadership by putting others' needs before your own."
Spirit nodded. "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
Mishalariah smiled.
"What else was nice?"
"A new business consultant is helping to promote her product."
Spirit swiveled back and forth. "That is good news."
Mishalariah leaned forward. "The partners abandoned her, so he must be the Boaz you prepared for her."
"What did Boaz do for Ruth?
She answered without thinking. "He married her, and they had a baby, Obed."
Spirit laughed. "Before that. When Ruth first encountered him."
Mishalariah’s cheeks glowed hot in the pause before her answer. "He made sure she got extra grain when she was gleaning his field."
Spirit smiled. "So where was his heart? What was his motivation?"
Mishalariah furrowed her brow. "I don't know." She shrugged. "He thought she was pretty?"
Spirit laughed again, then shook his head and answered, "Yes, Ruth was lovely, but that was not his primary motivation. He knew of Naomi and the tragedies that had befallen them both. He wanted to restore their dignity and give them hope. That is why he gave her extra."
Mishalariah glanced down at the Ayin. "That's his motivation?"
Spirit nodded. "He knows the partners should have given you a chance. He also knows that if People First catches on, it would be a great benefit to him as well." He leaned forward. “Boaz would not be remembered if not for Ruth."
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