Isn’t it interesting the kind of love that the world so desperately seeks between individuals is found here in the word of God in the book of Ruth. Ruth has a strong emotional attachment to her mother and she makes a rational decision to give up what appears to be best for her, in order to do what is best for Naomi. Jesus put it this way, "greater love has no one than this, that a person should lay down his life for a friend." What Ruth was saying in her response to Naomi, was "I love you and your well being mean more to me than my own." Love is a choice to go in a specific direction for the good of another person. The more we appreciate love as a choice, than a feeling, the more we can build healthy relationships with each other. in our homes, our marriages, and our relationships to others
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