Celebrations of weddings and wedding anniversaries always bring to mind the Song of Ruth. Some couples even make it part of their wedding vows. Ruth's song is a poem about love, loyalty, and commitment. It is a beautiful avowal of unity between two persons with God.
What makes the Song of Ruth very powerful is that it is part of a very amazing love story, as told in the Book of Ruth. Ruth was a Moabite, a race apart from God's Chosen People, the Israelites. She was an outsider that went on to become the great-grandmother of King David, from whose line will eventually come forth the Messiah.
This came about because of Ruth's unhesitating acceptance of her mother-in-law Naomi's culture, people, and God. Her words about this acceptance went down in history as one of the most famous and beautiful vows that anyone can say to a loved one.
