The Ministry of Ruth: Ruth and the Chrysanthemum

The Ministry of Ruth: Ruth and the Chrysanthemum: "I like to read things that make me introspective. The book of Ruth is one of those books... Ruth exemplifies wha..."

Ruth and the Chrysanthemum

I like to read things that make me introspective.

The book of Ruth is one of 

those books...

Ruth exemplifies what true love for a person really is.

Reading the book of Ruth helps me to remember to value others.

The chrysanthemum reminds me to

look inward...

and to think about the dichotomy of relationships.

When you look at the center of the chrysanthemum, what do you see?

The center is surrounded completely by hundreds of thousands of petals,

each one supportive of the one gently lying underneath it.

The smallest of these are the most delicate and fragile.

The larger petals surround the small delicate center petals...

A lesson from the chrysanthemum
and Ruth
on the dynamics of what human relationships

should be...