Fruitfulness or Barrenness. Last week I had the privilege of being an observer at the annual conference of a particular church denomination here in the United Kingdom. On the Friday evening the world leader of this movement stood to speak. He was a story teller, and for the next 30 minutes I along with the rest of the congregation sat enthralled and captivated by this man's ability to bring God's word alive to his listeners. His analogies were both apt and sometimes funny. The overall point he made was both penetrating and relevant. He spoke of fruitfulness and barrenness, he told the stories of women in the bible who were barren and then in the most amazing way how God intervened and they bore a son at just the right time, HIS TIME. He told of Hannah the mother of Samuel and her anguish and her cry to have a child while her husband's second wife- Peninnah- bore many children. The speaker wondered if Peninnah ever bragged or strutted or showed off her children wh...