But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Ruth 1:16
Things had not always been well for Naomi. She was forced from her homeland by famine, her husband and two sons died, and left her two foreign daughter-in-laws. As she prepared to go home to Judah, we discover what she did retain. Her respect for God was implanted in her daughter-in-law Ruth. Ruth's respect for Naomi and Naomi's God, made her determined to follow and not turn back. Their sadness turned to joy when Ruth had a child that would begin the family of King David. Respect was the bridge to joy. Let's respect God and those around us. It will be repaid with joy.
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