These are real people, with real struggles, and a real history. And the lesson they have to teach is that God is in the seemingly mundane details of our lives no matter how distant He feels at the moment.
Ruth encounter a man that will provide for her in a way that is both surprising and foreshadowing of the Messiah that is to come and ultimately provide for all our needs. Not only did Boaz, and the Lord, say they would take care of her…they actually did.
Ruth, chapter 2