A
reminder for today
As
she was praying to the LORD, Eli watched her. Seeing her lips moving but
hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking. "Must you come
here drunk?" he demanded. "Throw away your wine!" “Oh no,
sir!" she replied. "I haven't been drinking wine or anything
stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the
LORD. Don't think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of
great anguish and sorrow." (1 Samuel 1:12-16)
Hannah’s prayer is something we all could relate too from
time to time. There is that moment when you just pour out your heart to the
Lord in prayer in such a way that you could feel His arms around you holding
you tightly. It is when we move past our own borders and open our hearts
completely and just pour out our pain in His hands.
Hannah prayed so deeply that her lips moved as she was
just opening her heart. For I have been
praying out of great anguish and sorrow. Her words to Eli is so clear of
her feelings at that moment that he looked at her seeing in her eyes the
connection she had made with the Lord. "In that case," Eli said,
"go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of
him."
My dear friend, Hannah’s prayer is not
supposed to be a once off thing. I believe all our prayers should be completely
open and focussed on the Lord. I think that every time we spend time with the
Lord in prayer it should be special and open and nothing should hold us back in
desiring a childlike relationship with the Lord.
Then
he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become
like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So
anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the
Kingdom of Heaven. (Matthew 18:3-4)
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
