Barren

The book of Isaiah 54:1 states we should sing; 'Sing, O barren, for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord.'  

Today many women suffer with infertility, the sadness and sorrow of not bearing a child can be great. It can be years even a lifetime of pain that turns one bitter. I ask how one rejoices in the pain and sorrow of being barren. Just as Hannah in the Bible “as she surrendered to the priest the fruit of her womb, Hannah jubilantly sang, 'The barren hath borne seven.' (1 Samuel 2:5) Oh Hannah! Whatever do you mean? You have no abundance - only one, and even he has been torn from you. Hannah's vow of surrender unleashed the power of God.