Don't Call Me Mara
"Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God," (Ruth 1:16, KJV). These are Ruth's familiar words of commitment to her mother-in-law, Naomi. Naomi, her husband Elimelech, and their two sons moved to Moab to escape the famine in Bethlehem, Judah. Naomi had already lost her husband Elimelech soon after moving to Moab, and now both o