This is very intriguing.
Sure, I would like to ask Jabez' mom "what happened? Why was it such a hard birth?"
Mostly, however, I'd like to know about Jabez and why this is included in the scriptures. Did he have a remarkable relationship with Jehovah so that Jehovah answered such a seemingly selfish (?) request?
My research on Jabez is yet future (just found this today) and I'm speculating above. It is beautiful, however, that "God granted him his request".
It jibes with other scriptures, of course... "satisfying the desire of every living thing" and "granting the requests of your heart" (quotes by memory, could be off by a few words).
This is inspiring!
We already pray to Jehovah for help in proper desires and killing improper desires and assistance in serving him and motivation and fighting laziness and such.
This is more reason to trust that with strong faith, Jehovah will grant our wishes!
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