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Pour out your soul to the Lord!

Here are some questions to which we do not have answers: How old was Hannah when she gave birth to Samuel? How often had Hannah prayed to have a son? How often, in the “year by year” that she went to the house of the Lord, did she beg the Lord for a son? Was it possible that Hannah was soon going to think that her situation was hopeless?

Think about Hannah’s plight and apply it to your own. Hannah was “miserable” (1 Sam. 1:6), “she  wept” (1:7) and her “heart grieved” (1:8). But, she did not alter course.  Are there circumstances in your life that have left your heart grieving and your eyes weeping? As painful as life’s circumstances can be, do not allow them to alter your course! God’s ways are always the right ways (cf. Hos. 14:9)! Sometimes our ways or the world’s ways or the easy ways look so much better, but His way is always best!

Pour your heart out to the Lord (like Hannah, 1:15)! Trusting in the Lord is not hopeless!