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The Word for Widows Suggests a Kind of Loneliness
Ruth and Naomi but at least they had each other this woman doesn't have anyone anymore but she does have Jesus. The word for widow is related to words like forsaken or unable to speak or not spoken for that's how cut off from things you are. In the famous story of Lazarus when Mary and Martha are weeping at his death and Jesus weeps right along with them here no tuck no tears on Jesus's I in Jesus's eyes and no tears in hers or so he so he expects weep notI'm here to wipe away every tear from every eye because I have compassion on you.