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Brasilia
Naomi: Ruth why are you following me? Your sister picked up and went. It is late. You have a long walk home. I don't want you to be lost or raped on the way. Come: let's kiss once again and say goodbye.
Ruth: Mama: last week an idea occurred to me that I do not want to be your former daughter-in-law (despite the wonderful memories that come with that). I would rather that this situation - with talking to you / learning from you / listening to you - continues for as long as possible please God throughout our lives. I thought about this and sat on the floor and cried, I wanted this so much. Almost daily up to the day I met you, I prayed for someone to answer my many questions. They tormented me and there was almost nothing more urgent for me than that. You have done that, and you're doing much more than that. You are my fairy godmother and I feel a visceral internal pull to you that is stapled inside me. I cannot undo it. I have been starved for love; you have given me that. I have hankered for wisdom; you have taught me. Yes, it is true: on a rational level I understand that I am not of your nation; we are poor; I may be a hindrance on you; you may be ashamed of me back home. I have a lot to learn. My experience with Israelites is non-existent; the only Hebrews I have known are you. And so thinking of the future I am concerned of my neediness, and of this almighty pull - how it might...
I once compared you to a tree that made roots in me. You have cut in me and tattooed me and at the moment it seems that nothing will take it away for you are interwoven in and through me. And that is why I want to go with you. & #8230;
Last night, Naomi, you wanted to bless us and you asked what it is that I wished God give me. This is it: What do I wish that God would give me?
The privilege of learning from you, conversing with you, being there for you on a permanent basis.
Naomi: Dear Ruth, you are a young girl. You are beautiful. You have so many of the boys who would love to marry you. You are going up your childhood and chance by being with me. I love you. Just return to your village.
Ruth: You press me to be insistent. We village people have the story of Cinderella, a poor girl taunted by her stepmother and stepsisters. She sat there in the garret with the mice at her feet, hoping for a better future. Suddenly the godmother came along. And then she married the prince. The prince died. The godmother remained. Sometimes, people in my village have impersonated Cinderella without ever knowing (so I assume) how she really felt. Should I tell you how she really felt? In the garret alone for decades scribbling her thoughts and prayers night…
Book Of Ruth Ruth, and God's apparent absence. The Old Testament is filled with stories of mighty works between God and man. In supernatural ways, god seem intimately involves with his creation in order to reveal himself in their lives, and weave Himself into their history. Moses, Joshua, Abraham, and Elijah - these mighty leaders seem to be lead, or maybe pushed, to great deeds by intimate interactions with the creator of
Ruth from the dystopian novel, Never Let Me Go, is a character that first appears dominant and extroverted. "I knew exactly what she'd meant by her answer and smile: she was claiming the pencil case was a gift from Miss Geraldine. There could no mistake about this because it has been building up for weeks." (Ishiguro 52) She lies about where she got her pencil case to Kathy and begins
Ruth's Attractions to Peter, Dennis, and Hunter in the Color of Water: A Psychological Perspective In Chapter 11 of David G. Myers's Social Psychology, "Attraction and Intimacy: Liking and Loving Others" the author discusses various factors and qualities that account for what attracts human beings to each other, such as a need to belong; geographical proximity, a feeling of being similar to the person or having things in common, physical attractiveness,
Ruth: The Evil Convert? The book of Ruth is relatively unique in the Bible, or so it appears, because it alone of all the Old Testament books encourages racial harmony, intermarriage, and the production of half-breed children. Of course, Ruth is a convert to Judaism and is often among Jewish scholars presented as a perfect example of a proselytized individual. Despite this, she is still special among the Old Testament heros
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, pp.69-70.] [5: Ibid., p.85.] The rather stern critique offered of Fee and Stuart herein should not indicate that this book is entirely without value, merely that its presentation in title and chapter headings is somewhat misleading. There is plenty of common sense in what Fee and Stuart are doing here, but the difficulty is that very often an intelligent decision on their part is mingled with an overall failure to