text:  Why was this book written? Why would God want to have recorded and preserved this story about a poor woman? Well, I may not know all the reasons why, but I think I know some of them. Today I'd like to share with you some valuable lessons that I learned as I studied the book of Ruth. An Israelite couple was living in the country of Moab, and there was a famine in the land. This couple had two sons who married Moabite women. In the passing of time, Naomi, the mother, lost her husband and both her sons in death.