All the while the bible audio was playing... and this happened to me suddenly, the verse, "Don't ask me to leave you......." came in to my ear... it was like a lamp that was just switched on in a dark room. It touched my heart deeply.... the words were so moving... and my eyes got wet...
Here are the particular verses I've taken down... (Ruth 1: 14-18)
And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.
"Look," Naomi said to her,
"your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same."
But Ruth replied,
"Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!"
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.
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