Tears rolled down her face, as she watched her husband marry another woman.
She thought this was the worst day of her life, but it was just the beginning of the nightmare she would soon be facing.
This new woman would soon become her greatest enemy.
The story of Hannah shows a woman who was tortured by the inability to have a child, while her husband's second wife had several.
This woman enjoyed throwing it in her face every chance she got.
To top it all off, Hannah's husband thought his love should be enough to make her happy, and she needed to stop worrying about it.
How many of us have been situations where we felt misunderstood by our loved ones and harassed by our enemies? It is the loneliest feeling in the world.
Most of us don't have to live with our enemies like Hannah did,or experience our husbands taking another wife, in order to have children.
But our problems are just as traumatic to us, as Hannah's were to her.
Hannah would also have known what it is like to endure peer pressure.
In those times, a woman unable to have children would have made people question what sin she had committed, in order for God to close her womb.
So there would have been a lot of whispering going on when she passed by going to the market.
But Hannah's humiliation was not over.
She ended up having to take a long trip with her husband, his wife and their children.
By the time they arrived at their destination, Hannah was at her wit's end.
She had been bullied by this woman so much, she was unable to eat.
But then her story took a dramatic turn.
Hannah ran to the temple to pray.
She was so upset that the priest thought she was drunk! But she quickly explained her situation and the priest said a blessing over her.
What Hannah did next is amazing, she quit being upset.
She returned to her family, ate her meal and her whole countenance was changed.
No one would have known she had been crying.
Her faith in God was so strong, she was able to leave her troubles with him and no longer harbor any sadness.
How many times do we continue to worry about our problems long after we have given them to God? We wrestle with them and think we can help Him solve them.
But Hannah shows us what a true giving of our troubles to God should look like.
In Matthew 11, verse 28, it says "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
" (NASB) God wants us to have complete faith in Him.
He can handle whatever we give Him.
Our job is just to "rest.
" Hannah left there that day not knowing whether she would have a child or not, but she knew either way, God was in control.
Do you know it?
She thought this was the worst day of her life, but it was just the beginning of the nightmare she would soon be facing.
This new woman would soon become her greatest enemy.
The story of Hannah shows a woman who was tortured by the inability to have a child, while her husband's second wife had several.
This woman enjoyed throwing it in her face every chance she got.
To top it all off, Hannah's husband thought his love should be enough to make her happy, and she needed to stop worrying about it.
How many of us have been situations where we felt misunderstood by our loved ones and harassed by our enemies? It is the loneliest feeling in the world.
Most of us don't have to live with our enemies like Hannah did,or experience our husbands taking another wife, in order to have children.
But our problems are just as traumatic to us, as Hannah's were to her.
Hannah would also have known what it is like to endure peer pressure.
In those times, a woman unable to have children would have made people question what sin she had committed, in order for God to close her womb.
So there would have been a lot of whispering going on when she passed by going to the market.
But Hannah's humiliation was not over.
She ended up having to take a long trip with her husband, his wife and their children.
By the time they arrived at their destination, Hannah was at her wit's end.
She had been bullied by this woman so much, she was unable to eat.
But then her story took a dramatic turn.
Hannah ran to the temple to pray.
She was so upset that the priest thought she was drunk! But she quickly explained her situation and the priest said a blessing over her.
What Hannah did next is amazing, she quit being upset.
She returned to her family, ate her meal and her whole countenance was changed.
No one would have known she had been crying.
Her faith in God was so strong, she was able to leave her troubles with him and no longer harbor any sadness.
How many times do we continue to worry about our problems long after we have given them to God? We wrestle with them and think we can help Him solve them.
But Hannah shows us what a true giving of our troubles to God should look like.
In Matthew 11, verse 28, it says "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
" (NASB) God wants us to have complete faith in Him.
He can handle whatever we give Him.
Our job is just to "rest.
" Hannah left there that day not knowing whether she would have a child or not, but she knew either way, God was in control.
Do you know it?
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