Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ruth 1:19-22
by: Kennedy Ochs.
Naomi had lost her family, her home, and pretty much everything she had known. She must have felt as though she had lost herself along with her sons and husband. Leaving Moab with Ruth would have only affirmed this feeling. Now back in Bethlehem, she introduced herself with a new name to mark the change that had happened in her life. She felt she was no longer the woman that she had been before. The losses we experience change us permanently. Rather than put on a happy face and pretend everything is fine, it is best to admit it and ask God to help us move forward.