Two women, who in logical or rational sense, could no longer conceive but nevertheless yearned for the joy of having a child. How many times and how many of us are like these two women? Our lives are a barren land despite our yearning and our efforts to bring forth life or fruits. We have tried perhaps even every means, we have longed and we have waited and we have prayed yet despite all these nothing happened. It was humanly impossible. No flowers bloomed, no fruit came, no life, no joy. All was desert land - parched and dry. Then the God of compassion saw it all and understood the cry and agony of the human heart and moved by our unrelenting and sincere yearning and pleading came to our rescue and He promised us life and joy if only we would believe. But as in the case of these two women, He reminded us and continues to remind us that the God-given gifts comes with a condition. That is, we are to realise and always to remember that the given life and joy hold within their seeds a mission and we are to dedicate our gifts to God and allow Him to use them for His own glory and the good of all mankind.