RUTH LOYALTY AND LOVE ,

YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, YOUR GOD MY GOD. RUTH 1:16 NKJV.    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF RUTH IS A FLAWLESS LOVE STORY IN A COMPACT FORMAT. IT'S NOT AN EPIC TALE, BUT A SHORT STORY. THE ENTIRE ACCOUNT IS GIVEN IN ONLY EIGHTY FIVE VERSES. STILL IT RUNS THE FULL RANGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS FROM THE MOST GUT RENTING KIND OF GRIEF TO THE VERY HEIGHT OF GLAD HEARTED TRIUMPH . RUTH LIFE WAS THE TRUE, HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF ONE GENUINELY EXTRA ORDINARY WOMAN. IT WAS ALSO PERFECT  DEPICTION OF THE STORY OF REDEMPTION,TOLD WITH LIVING, BREATHING SYMBOLS. RUTH HERSELF FINISHED A FITTING PICTURE OF EVERY SINNER. SHE WAS A WIDOW AND A FOREIGNER WHO  WENT TO LIVE IN A  STRANGE LAND. TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES REDUCED HER TO OBJECT POVERTY. SHE WAS NOT ONLY AN OUTCAST AND AN EXILE, BUT ALSO BEREFT OF ANY RESOURCES  REDUCED TO A STATE OF UTTER DESTITUTION FROM WHICH SHE COULD NEVER HOPE TO REDEEM HERSELF BY ANY MEANS. IN HER  EXTREMITY, SHE SOUGHT THE GRACE OF HER MOTHER IN LAW'S CLOSEST KINS MAN. THE STORY OF HOW HER WHOLE LIFE WAS CHANGED IN ONE OF THE MOST DEEPLY TOUCHING NARRATIVE IN THE WHOLE SCRIPTURE... TAKE TIME OUT AND READ ABOUT RUTH LOYALTY AND LOVE .