Shunammite woman

“Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my Lord? And didn’t I say, ‘Don’t deceive me and get my hopes up’?” Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face.”…

It can be very tough to hold out hope for something that you have tried over and over again and it has failed over and over again. The shunammite woman felt the same way.