Emphasis Preaching Journal

The journey from Moab to Bethlehem was no small undertaking, especially for an elderly woman like Naomi. She would have to walk about 120 miles. The route would take her through a desert, where the sun would be blistering by day and the air freezing at night. Travelers frequently were attacked by bandits. So when Naomi said, "Good-bye," to her two daughters-in-law, she knew that, one way or another, she likely was seeing them for the last time.