My friends, we live long after the Messiah came into this world and told us to share the good news of God’s love in word and deed…and yet, I wonder sometimes what we actually share by most of our words and most of our deeds.  And then I encounter Boaz, who lived long BEFORE God sent the Messiah into this world.  And without any knowledge at all of Jesus, Boaz shared God’s love with those like Ruth who needed it most.  And we still remember Boaz’ story to this day.