prayer

"She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. " (I Samuel 1:10)

Sometimes we get caught thinking of prayer as just a peaceful activity. We talk about the calmness of prayer, the security of prayer, and even the "peace that passeth understanding." However, sometimes we just need to cry out to God from the very core of our being. Sometimes God allows us to get to this point so that we will actually surrender all to Him.

Hannah was in a miserable situation. She had a supportive husband which was great but she needed her awesome God even more. So in her distress she prayed and "wept bitterly" in her prayer. She gave her situation over to God and concluded that He was in fact her only source of hope.

Sometimes we just need to let all of our frustration, our anxiety, our distress out to God. He's a big god. He can handle it.