Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 35:16-21
by: Stephanie Sholtz.
Rachel and Leah enter into a fierce competition to win the love of their husband by providing him with sons. Rachel knows her value as a wife is reflected in her ability to bear children. She pleads with God to give her a son for close to 7 years. Not understanding God’s timing and plan she feels like a failure. God eventually grants her two sons, although the second one costs her life. Rachel has no way of knowing the special plans that God has for her sons, nor the reasons for his timing. Yet she continues to come to him and trust that he will answer her pleas.