Whatever the reason we are cheering in the background as Boaz gets through the bottleneck on the Blue Ridge and highballs it to the wedding feast with the beautiful young Ruth on his arm. But there is a cloud overhead. Ruth is barren. Or at least she seems to be. So even now the suspense is not over.
Life is one curve after another.
And we never know what's coming. But the point of the story is that the best is yet to come . No matter where you are, if you love God the best is yet to come. The cloud over the head of Ruth and Boaz is big with mercy, and breaks with blessing on their head in verse 13. But notice how the focus in verses 14-17 is not on Ruth at all, nor on Boaz.