In my recent conversations with family, it has been suggested that I study Samuel to discover some of the truths that it may have to offer... Being the always obedient one that I am (she says tongue in cheek) this is what I have discovered so far.
1 Samuel 1:1-20 Hannah wanted! Hannah longed! Hannah was ridiculed! and Hannah was pacified by her husband.... but it wasn't until Hannah was in anguish and ready to sacrifice that God honored her prayer.
How many times do I find myself in that same situation....all too many to count. There are so many times that I have wanted, have longed even, for some situation in my life... all for very good reason I might add...
Unfortunately there are very few that I have refused to be pacified and instead moved to anguish and sacrifice. Not in some masochist kind of way... in the traditional sense anyway.
Looking back it has only been the times that are the hardest, when the anguish and sacrifice in my life is all that I can give to God that God in turn brings the greatest blessing.
If I am to fly as I long to do, to touch as I long to touch, to love even as I long to love then I must stop looking for the quick fix of someone pacifying me and move to the sacrificial life that God has called me to live. At times there will be anguish and so much pain that it seems to leave me gasping for breath, but I can be sure God will hear me and honor my prayer... and my life in a way that I could only imagine.... If I want it bad enough.
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