I shoulda been named...

I should have been named Ruth

MY name is Mary,

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BUT... I think I should have been named Ruth.

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow...

Maryily we row a long...

Mary the mother of Jesus...

Mary she broke the alabaster box...

The OTHER Mary...

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, ...

Mary Poppins...

Mary Kay...

Mary Englebreit...

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I know it... goes on and on and on. Mary, is a very popular name.

Songs, hero's, famous people... BUT...

I should have been named RUTH!!!

Mary means BITTER...*Sigh!

What does Ruth mean?!?!

According to most baby name books it means...

Friend, Loyal, True

Which in my opinion are great attributes!

Ones that I believe I have obtained :)

HOWEVER

It wasn't these words alone that caused me to believe I should be named Ruth.

These are ALL good meanings..but not quite ENOUGH to change my name!

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It was the definition my Woman's study bible gave.

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I had NEVER seen this before,

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but when I did,

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I KNEW....

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I SHOULD have been named Ruth!!!

According to my woman's study bible, the name Ruth is a contraction of the Hebrew word Reuth, from the root for, "Sight" meaning,

"Something Worth Seeing"....

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"Something Worth Seeing"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Yep, I shoulda been named RUTH!!!

*Wink, Wink!!!*

;)