![]() Let us be inspired by the faith of our Biblical Ruth and the faith of Maya Angelou, two extra-ordinary women of faith. She is known as the first “Jew-by-Choice.” Her deep-rooted faith gives her and Naomi the strength to endure and overcome the hardships that have burdened their lives. Ruth was the first non-Israelite who chose to link herself to the God of the Israelites. We read the Book of Ruth next week during Shavuot, the time we celebrate the receiving of Torah. Helped me to survive, and even do better than that, helped me to thrive.” The Bible brings to life the stories that have shaped our world and shaped my life. She once said: “In a world of confusion and noise I look for the moments that help me understand who I am, where I come from and what I want to be. Maya Angelou was a woman of deep and abiding faith. Ruth – the Moabite, the foreigner, is the great-grandmother of King David, from whom the Messiah is supposed to descend.īoth Ruth and Maya Angelou are two strong women who overcame difficult beginnings to achieve great accomplishments. Ruth’s reward for her devotion, faithfulness and loyalty is that she too, achieves one of the ultimate accomplishments for our Biblical women – she gives birth to Obed, who becomes the father of Jesse, the father of King David. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” (Ruth 1: 16-17) ![]() Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. She adopted Naomi’s faith and people as her own. She took it upon herself to care for her widowed mother-in-law, Naomi, to provide for her and to watch over her. (Maya Angelou)īiblical Ruth also overcame her circumstances as a widow – without status – living in a foreign country to achieve great heights. ![]() We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. She accomplished so much in so many different areas that she truly was a “Renaissance Woman.” She touched the lives of so many others and helped give expression to what is in our hearts and minds. Maya Angelou was able to overcome her difficult life circumstances and build a life of purpose and meaning through her work in the civil rights movement, art, writing, and theater world. Both shared an unshakeable faith and the values of family, community and culture. Both figured out how to provide for their families in the best way possible. She was sent away from her parents and raised by an aunt, sexually abused and suffered much distress at an early age.īoth Ruth and Maya learned how to survive in a hostile environment, how to thrive and fend for themselves. Maya Angelou grew up in the deep South during the era of Jim Crow laws. They were both strong women who were outsiders in an unkind and cruel world.īiblical Ruth was a Moabite, married to an Israelite and widowed without children.
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