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Learning how to faithfully care for a widow can be a difficult experience of trial and error. Many times, it is hard to know if you have done the right thing at the right time. Often, a widow is unable to express herself while coping with the affects of grief.

At The Ruth Project you will find the encouragement you need to provide faithful service to your friend or loved one grieving the loss of her husband. You will find ideas and suggestions of how to practically help and offer comfort during the early grief period and in the years ahead.

The Ruth Project is named after the passage from Scripture found in Ruth 1:16. Ruth is the daughter-in-law of Naomi, and both of them have lost their husbands. Naomi urges Ruth to return to her people. Ruth refuses, declaring, “Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay.” The remainder of the book of Ruth reveals this young woman’s perseverance, faithfulness, and loyalty. In this vein, we should all embrace a Ruth approach to caring for widows: with determined faithfulness and compassionate loyalty. Not once did Ruth consider her own needs or comforts, but instead focused entirely on serving Naomi in such a way that she was later described in Ruth 3:11, “...as a women of noble character.”

We hope you will find many ideas here that will offer guidance and encouragement as you reach out to help a friend or relative. Please feel free to send any questions or comments to theruthproject (at) optonline.net.