Summary: "Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find." It sounds like a country song, but it's Shakespeare. True faithfulness - whether to friends or to loved ones or to God - is not easy or to be taken lightly. In the story of our faith, Ruth is one whose faithfulness made her a role model, especially given her identity as a marginalized outsider to the Hebrew faith and culture. What might she - and her spiritual children - teach us about faithfulness?
