Loyalty

Ruth 1:16-17

But Ruth said,

“Do not press me to leave you

or to turn back from following you!

Where you go, I will go;

where you lodge, I will lodge;

your people shall be my people,

and your God my God.

Where you die, I will die—

there will I be buried.

May the Lord do thus and so to me,

and more as well,

if even death parts me from you!”

A soft heart that could not bear

to see another suffer?

Or a stubborn mind

that would not be moved aside.

The softness

and the steel

go hand in hand.

Caring demands tenacity,

singularity of purpose

the will to make a difference

and the stamina to go after the desired goal.

Anchored in a heart filled with love.