The Book of Ruth relates that Ruth and Orpah, two women of Moab, had married two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, Judeans who had settled in Moab to escape a famine in Judah. The husbands of all three women die; Naomi plans to return to her native Bethlehem and urges her daughters-in-law to return to their families.
“To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, with a new name...
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe. Proverbs 29:25
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
