Who is Leah?

The rich heritage of the Judeo-Christian tradition is based on God calling individuals to Himself. God called Abraham and Sarah to follow Him and used them to found a new nation. Their grandson, Jacob, was the father of what we know as the 12 Tribes of Israel, the historic roots of God's chosen people. Often forgotten in Jacob's story is that Leah was the mother of six of those tribes, including the tribe of Judah, from whom King David and Jesus Christ were descended. 

Leah was Jacob's first wife. Her father, Laban, swindled Jacob into marrying her rather than Leah's sister, Rachel, the desired one. An interpretation of Leah's name and history is that of one who is weary. Her story of not being chosen, of being rejected, motivated our naming of Leah's Hope. Our interest is to invest in and bring hope to the lives of those who are weary, who have and are feeling the weight of rejection. 

Genesis 29:31 states: "When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive." Leah's Hope is called to show God's love to women with children, to families who have experienced trauma, to open up a window of hope for the conception and flourishing of God's blessings in their lives.