Scripture
Reference: Ruth 1
We
first meet Ruth when it’s told that she married one of Naomi’s two sons (Ruth
1:4). She was married for about ten years, verse 4 says, but we aren’t given
any emotions for that time. Was Ruth happy, content, dissatisfied or anything
in between? We have not a clue.
The
next verse tells us that her husband and brother-in-law both perish. The focus
in this verse is upon Naomi, but I must wonder what heartache Ruth and her
sister-in-law (by marriage), Orpah, must have experienced as well. To have
their husbands, their security stripped from them so suddenly surely knocked
them into a spurt of insecurity and lack of confidence in their futures. What
an unsettling time!
