This is about Hannah, a godly woman who could not give her husband children.
Elkanah, her husband, took a second wife just for that reason. But he continued to deeply love Hannah. And every year she went with Elkanah on his annual pilgrimage and this one year the second wife was ridiculing more than usual her about not having children. Hannah was desperate and started praying to God and promised if she were to bear a son, she would give him to the Lord to serve. Hannah did conceive, bore a son and named him Samuel And when he was weaned, she did what she promised-she surrendered him to God.
How can we be like Hannah? When we get caught up in difficult situations, we need to remember to bring our problems to God and trust Him.
As mothers, we can't just teach, we need to show our children how to surrender to God. In times when things are bad in our lives, they watch us, they watch how we handle situations, they watch what we do and say and they learn. If they watch us get angry and curse God's name, they will learn, by example. But if they watch us pray and talk about how God loves us, is with
us at all times and won't leave us, they will learn, by example.
It's not easy being a mom. We need to get strength and love from God and give love and trust to God. If we serve God first, we will have all that and more and our children will see it and learn.
