Call Me Mara: Hope for Our Deepest Hurts from Naomi in the Bible

“… call me Mara …” (‭‭Ruth‬ ‭1‬:‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬)

3 words summed up the cry of one woman’s broken heart.

A woman who’d experienced indescribable loss and unfathomable difficulty. She gave her friends a command to call her by a new name, marking her existence in a cruel and unforgiving world.

She no longer felt like the person she once was.

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Published on October 16, 2025 04:33
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