In the readings of the day, we see Hannah re-visiting the temple to offer Samson to the Lord. She meets Eli, and reminds him that it she was the same woman whom he found desperately praying for a child not so long ago. She thanks him and offers her son for service of the Lord at the temple.
The clock has come a full circle today, when we hear parents not wanting to have children at all or having them aborted. In most early civilizations barrenness was conceived as a sin or a punishment from the gods. Any woman not having children was often looked down upon and being cursed. For the woman herself it was a big social stigma. Times have so drastically changed that women today no longer want to bear children. Couples who do not want to have children. Women undergoing abortion merely to ascertain that their body is theirs and they have the right to decide what best to do with it. Couples deciding to bring home a puppy instead of starting a family with children! Woman bearing more than three children are seen as 'supermoms'!
Today's prayer: for all aborted children and the women who live with the adverse consequences of abortion.
The clock has come a full circle today, when we hear parents not wanting to have children at all or having them aborted. In most early civilizations barrenness was conceived as a sin or a punishment from the gods. Any woman not having children was often looked down upon and being cursed. For the woman herself it was a big social stigma. Times have so drastically changed that women today no longer want to bear children. Couples who do not want to have children. Women undergoing abortion merely to ascertain that their body is theirs and they have the right to decide what best to do with it. Couples deciding to bring home a puppy instead of starting a family with children! Woman bearing more than three children are seen as 'supermoms'!
Today's prayer: for all aborted children and the women who live with the adverse consequences of abortion.
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