Hannah is an outstanding example of how God hears and preserves us in times of difficulty. The second wife of Elkanah, she had no children because she was barren. Each year the family would go to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to God, and each year Peninnah, Elkanah’s other wife, would take
the opportunity to tease Hannah to deeply hurt her because she had no children. After the usual teasing, one year Hannah cried and would not eat. She chose instead to go the Tabernacle where she cried and offered up a prayer in the presence of the LORD. Eli the priest thought she was drunk
and rebuked her, but Hannah defended her position and prayerful request to God in that moment. Hearing her, Eli blessed Hannah in the name of the LORD. In time, Hannah became pregnant and named her son Samuel. When Samuel was weaned, Hannah returned to Shiloh and as promised to God, gave her son into the service of the LORD. Samuel became the fourteenth and final judge of Israel, after Eli ( 1 SAMUEL 4:18). As a climax to her personal covenant with God, the Bible says that Hannah gave birth to three sons and two daughters ( 1 SAMUEL 2:21). Praise the LORD!

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