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When they arrived to Bethlehem everyone was amazed to see Naomi there. Naomi replied to everyone's reactions with simple bitter words. " 'Dont call me Naomi' she told them. 'Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought me misfortune upon me.'" [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%201:20,21;&version=31; Ruth 1:20,21] As Ruth and Naomi were settling down they talked about how Ruth would go and harvest barley at local fields. Ruth stated that she would go to a field and | When they arrived to Bethlehem everyone was amazed to see Naomi there. Naomi replied to everyone's reactions with simple bitter words. " 'Dont call me Naomi' she told them. 'Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought me misfortune upon me.'" [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%201:20,21;&version=31; Ruth 1:20,21] As Ruth and Naomi were settling down they talked about how Ruth would go and harvest barley at local fields. Ruth stated that she would go to a field and | ||
pick up the left over grain. She continued to do so in a very determined mannor. Until one day a man named Boaz came who owned the fields. He was a very pleasant man and everyone loved him. He saw Ruth from a distance and asked one of his servants who she was. The servant told the story of how Ruth's husband died and she came with her mother-in-law to live here in Bethlehem. Boaz went over to Ruth and said " My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. Watch the fields where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%202:8,9;&version=31; Ruth 2:8,9] | pick up the left over grain. She continued to do so in a very determined mannor. Until one day a man named Boaz came who owned the fields. He was a very pleasant man and everyone loved him. He saw Ruth from a distance and asked one of his servants who she was. The servant told the story of how Ruth's husband died and she came with her mother-in-law to live here in Bethlehem. Boaz went over to Ruth and said " My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. Watch the fields where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%202:8,9;&version=31; Ruth 2:8,9] Ruth was eternally grateful to Boaz and bowed down with her face to the ground. | ||
[[Image:800px-1795-William-Blake-Naomi-entreating-Ruth-Orpah.jpg|thumb|Ruth mourning on naomi]] | [[Image:800px-1795-William-Blake-Naomi-entreating-Ruth-Orpah.jpg|thumb|Ruth mourning on naomi]] | ||
