The story illustrates how people from different backgrounds and cultures can dwell together in harmony and in love, despite their religious and economic statuses. Ruth finds herself in a compromising position where she is being humble and loyal to her mother in law, after having become a widow. Ruth is a widow as well, and has chosen to remain with her mother in law, rather than seek another husband back in her home land.

Ruth's demonstration of her commitment and her loyalty to her widowed mother in law, is rewarded by an encounter and a marriage to the man of her dreams. This pattern of being blessed by God for our good works, is a hallmark of the work of God. The main characters Ruth and Boaz are used figuratively and sometimes satirically here, to illustrate the way that a woman would find and prepare herself to meet and to maintain a vibrant and flourishing love relationship with her God given King (Boaz).

The sequel to Finding Boaz (finding Ruth), illustrates how a man would find and prepare himself to meet and to maintain a vibrant and a flourishing love affair with his God given Queen (Ruth).