Leah - Her Promise

Leah - Her Promise

When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb.

— Genesis 29:31

The Lord noticed Leah’s misery. He looked down and saw a woman who was lonely and sad because her husband loved his other wife better than he loved her. So, to ease her sorrow, to provide her comfort, God gave her children — beautiful, intelligent, strong children, one of whom would establish the lineage of the priests of Israel and another who was an ancestor of Jesus himself.

This same God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah is our God. He sees our miseries, no matter how small or how large. He knows our circumstances, our feelings, our hurts. And, just as in Leah’s life, he is willing to step in and create something beautiful in and through us.

Promises in Scripture

He [God] has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners . . .

to comfort all who mourn
and provide for those who grieve in Zion—

to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,

and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.

— Isaiah 61:1 – 3

I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

— Jeremiah 31:13