Pray Without Ceasing

Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, was unable to have children. A woman in Old Testament times who could not bear children was viewed as cursed by God. Not only was infertility heartbreaking for her as a woman and wife, but Hannah would have been looked down upon by her community for her inability to bear a child. Many of us can sympathize with Hannah. She longed to be a mother, and she was a daily witness to the children of her husband’s other wife. But Hannah didn’t give in to despair...