Persisting

So she set out and went to Mount Carmel, where Elisha was.

Elisha saw her coming while she was still some distance away,
and he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there comes the
woman from Shunem! Hurry to her and find out if everything
is all right with her, her husband, and her son.”

She told Gehazi that everything was all right, but when she
came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold
of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha
said, “Leave her alone. Can't you see she's deeply distressed?
And the Lord has not told me a thing about it.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't
I tell you not to get my hopes up?” Elisha turned to Gehazi
and said, “Hurry! Take my walking stick and go. Don't stop
to greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, don't
take time to answer. Go straight to the house and hold my
stick over the boy.”

The woman said to Elisha, “I swear by my loyalty to the living
Lord and to you that I will not leave you!” So the two of them
started back together. Gehazi went on ahead and held Elisha's
stick over the child, but there was no sound or any other sign
of life. So he went back to meet Elisha and said,
“The boy didn't wake up.”

When Elisha arrived, he went alone into the room and saw
the boy lying dead on the bed. He closed the door and
prayed to the Lord. Then he lay down on the boy, placing
his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy's mouth, eyes, and
hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy's body
started to get warm. Elisha got up, walked around the room,
and then went back and again stretched himself over the boy.

The boy sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.
Elisha called Gehazi and told him to call the boy's mother.
When she came in, he said to her, “Here's your son.” She fell
at Elisha's feet, with her face touching the ground;
then she took her son and left.
‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭4‬:‭25‬-‭37‬ ‭(GNT)