The book of Ruth is one of my favorites in the Bible. I guess I'm a sucker for a sentimental story. Ten-year-widowed Naomi was a smart woman. She told her two recently-widowed daughters-in-law to go back to their homeland. Orpah (who later went on to build a media empire, with the show Oprah and O Magazine...) left and went back home, but the sweetheart of the story, Ruth, clung to Naomi and told her, "Where you go, I will go."
Sometimes telling God that same thing ("Where You go, I will go") is very risky, but always worth it in the end (and sometimes the beginning and the middle has rewarding experiences, as adventures are wont to be...).
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at February 1, 2005 10:30 AM