Ruth 3:3

I was reading over in the New Testament one night and then I found myself in Ruth...

Now I can't really explain why I ended up there...I know the story. I didn't have anything else to do, so I was content to read it again. When I got to the the 3rd Chapter...3rd and 4th verse...it jumped off the page like a 3-D movie.

3Wash and anoint yourself therefore, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

4But when he lies down, notice the place where he lies; then go and uncover his feet and lie down. And he will tell you what to do.

Why did this passage jump off at me? I didn't know...so I decided to start looking over each part.

The first thing that I noticed was...Ruth trusting Naomi so much that she went and did this not knowing what the outcome would be.

Second....Washing and anointing yourself -in other translations its written as perfume. Then putting on your best clothes... I'm with that so far....getting ready in your best things...it shows how important this event is for her. People only dress up for 2 reasons...one they are made to for an occasion...but we already know she did this willingly... or two...they deem the occasion very important or special to them.

But why did she have to go to the threshing floor...at that time? What is so important about that?

That and when she went there...and lied down at this uncovered feet....if someone had walked in...would they have known what she was doing?

And where would that have left her if he chosen not to take her for marriage?

How did Naomi know for her to do this?

And I guess the biggest question...why does this seem to be so important to me? What was God trying to get me to see?