I’ve noticed that often, when we are speaking with another person about their troubles, we’ll say, “I don’t know how I can help, but I will pray for you.” Of course, that is the right thing to do, but how many times do you think of prayer as the last resort, because we were not able to help in a better way?
Prayer is the most important and powerful tool we have which allows us to speak directly to God and throw our troubles at His feet. Become an ardent and passionate woman of prayer, understanding that all we are and can ever hope to be rests in the hands of God, who loves us and understands our deepest needs and greatest grief even before we think to ask Him for help.
Pray first, and then go and offer your help to those in need.
Letting Go
All mothers know that the time will come (or has come) when their children will grow up and leave. That is the time to let them go. No more holding and pulling their emotional cords. It’s time to stop influencing them. Let them loose to be what God has called them to be.
God used Hannah to show us that this is possible. If anyone cherished her child Hannah did. Yet even she knew that children are a gift from God. We are given the privilege to care, guide and train them and later release them into life.
Hannah’s story ends with her giving praise and glory to God (1 Samuel 2:1-11). She had a fulfilled life. The fact that she had to wait for some things did not mean she was doomed.
Waiting for things is not a curse. In fact, God always uses it to produce a blessing if we remain faithful to Him. Keep your trust in God. That is what Hannah’s life is telling you.
There’s another important lesson we learn from Hannah’s life. People thought that Hannah was being punished when in fact God was preparing a great blessing for her. God has a great plan for everyone’s life and is to give us a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).
