Imagine this....

Ruth is a young bride. Her groom who is crazy about her.  He loves her so much that he can't contain himself. Ruth is everything to him.  He is constantly pours out his love, support, protection and riches on her  He treats her with the utmost respect and tenderness. He spends all his time with her and listens to her whenever she is worried or sad or when she is overjoyed about something.  He would do anything for Ruth and she would do anything for him.  She would follow him wherever he leads her and that idea is fine with Ruth because she knows that no matter what happens, he will be there and they will be together forever.  Life is great. The two of them grow closer and closer and couldn't be happier.  Isn't this this dream marriage?  Isn't this what most people long for in their lives with their husband/wife? 

But over time, for some strange reason, Ruth starts to stray. Not physically, but in her mind.  She is deceived by things outside of the marriage.  Her groom is still completely willing to protect and love her. But he is confused.  "What fault did she find in me that caused Ruth to go away from me?" he wonders. "Did I not pour out my riches on her and show her my love and devotion at all times? Did I not take care of her and protect her? What could possibly be out there that could interest her heart more than these things?"   Even their servants in the house who work for the groom wonder.. "She has everything anyone could ever possibly want and need.  Our master would do anything for her good. How could she even be tempted by other people and places?"   Ruth starts to leave the marriage.  She disappears for years and tries to enjoy life in the world.  She leaves the vastly beautiful mansion where she and her groom lived and moves into a small crude shack.   Ruth enjoys her newly perceived freedom and starts to date other men. But they don't care for her. They promise her things, security, love, protection, but in the end she finds out that their promises are empty. They rape her and rob her of everything.  They leave her destitute and heartbroken but she continues to date other men.  Her groom goes to her shack and begs her to come back to him. But Ruth is proud and ashamed and she hides from him.  She somehow, for some incomprehensible reason, prefers to live in the shack and have her heart stomped on and have everything stolen from her, even though her groom is dying inside and wants nothing more than to care for her and provide for her every need.  She continues to ignore and avoid him. Not only that, but she talks cruelly about him and calls him names behind his back.  She blames him for everything that is going wrong in her life. But she does not return to him. She continues in loneliness and darkness...


(to be continued..)