[Discoveries] 04-16-07 If you don't know the story, at least get to know the Author.

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*... the LORD had closed her womb ... -- 1 Samuel 1:6*/

We sometimes wonder, deep down, if God knows what He's doing. A woman 
experiences the pain of being childless, and God stands up and takes 
full responsibility for it. If that wasn't enough, as a direct result, a 
rival gloats and provokes (verse 7), a husband doesn't understand (verse 
8), her soul is bitter (verse 10), she is falsely judged (verses 13-14), 
and she experiences great anguish (verse 16).

This part of the story had to be written first. Without Hannah's pain -- 
so arbitrary and meaningless all by itself -- there would be no great 
prophet Samuel.

It seems to me that so much of human experience is just this -- the 
first part of the story. We don't have answers to our questions because 
the answers don't come in the first half of chapter one.

The same Author who brought Samuel to Israel, who made Joseph ruler of 
Egypt, who emptied the tomb - that same Author is writing your story and 
mine.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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