![]() So go on! Get! Scram! Get outta here! It’s for your own good dummy!ĭidn’t you hear me? Go on! Get gone! You know what? I don’t even want you no more! So go! Scram! Get outta here! You don’t want me! I don’t want you! GO! GOOOOO!īut Ruth didn’t go away. Hey, now! Don’t look at me like that! We both know what’s gonna happen if you come with. I gotta let you go back to the woods whence you came from. things are getting tough and, well, I can’t take care of you anymore. You know I really love you, right Sparky? We’ve had some good times together, but. Naomi insisted Ruth leave - which always takes my mind to the movie trope of someone trying to let their dog go. And so forth.īasically, Naomi is saying “I ain’t got nothing for you” and releasing them to continue on with their young lives and leave her be to carry her burdens, heartache and suffering back home. But that was the custom back then: If your husband died, your brother in-law would take you in as his wife.If that brother in-law turned new husband died, then the next brother in line would take you in as his spouse. This, admittedly, is an odd thing to say. Scriptural reflections for mental wellness.“Why would you go with me? Will there again be sons in my womb, that they would be husbands for you?” Both Orpah and Ruth resisted, wanting to remain loyal to their mother in-law. But she pleaded for her daughter in-laws to stay behind, to return to their families and to remarry and bear children. She had nothing left for her in this foreign land. Heartbroken, Naomi decided to make the trek back to her home. True story? I’d like to think so.) and Ruth.ġ0 years after Naomi’s relocation, tragedy struck her once more: both her sons died, leaving behind their respective wives and rendering Naomi childless (on top of being a widow). I did read once that Oprah was actually named Orpah but the “r” and “p” were flipped when her birth certificate was written to read Oprah. Her sons grew and married local women, Orpah (No, not Oprah. Tragically, her husband died in this foreign land, but Naomi and her two sons made due. So instead, let me tell you a story that you may already be familiar with.Ī woman by the name of Naomi moved to a foreign land with her husband and their two sons. I kept trying to describe what commitment could look like for you, but I got stuck on how to describe it. But the bacon? Well, the pig had to give up quite a bit more than the chicken did. The eggs in your breakfast were not too terribly difficult for the chicken to provide. It might have sounded a bit like:Ī chicken is involved in bringing you breakfast. It’s seemingly a favorite amongst us preachers. If you have, I’m willing to bet that you’ve attended church for a decent chunk of your life. Have you heard of breakfast used as an analogy for commitment?
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