Sep 29 2008
Your people shall be my people and your God my God
I’m sure you already know who said the famous line in the subject heading. Another woman in the Bible that I love is Ruth.
What I admire about Ruth is her unflinching loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi. Despite her knowing that Naomi was too old and unable to have a son anymore, Ruth stayed by her side and even pledged “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God,” Ruth 1:16 (NIV).
Ruth then made it her duty to take care of the ageing Naomi by providing food for them. Well, her seemingly martyr-like loyalty didn’t prove fruitless. For when Boaz saw her dedication and hard-work gleaning in the field he ordered his men to leave more grains for Ruth to gather. And with God’s divine guidance, Naomi coached Ruth what to do. And the next thing we knew she and Boaz got married.
Ruth’s story is of loyalty then to royalty. Well, she didn’t become a queen like Esther but she became to be the great, great grandmother of one of Israel’s greatest king, David.
