Scripture:  1 Samuel 1:20–28; John 15:7; Isaiah 66:9 Some blessings don’t arrive quietly.They come through travail.They are born through covenant. Hannah didn’t just receive a child—she birthed a prophet. Her story reminds us that when pain is surrendered to God, it doesn’t stay pain forever. It becomes purpose. Pain Is the Place Where Covenant Is Tested Hannah’s barrenness was not just physical—it was public.Year after year, she showed up to worship carrying disappointment,

Scripture:  1 Samuel 1:10–15; Matthew 6:6; Proverbs 20:19 There are some prayers you can’t explain out loud. Not because they aren’t real—but because they’re too sacred to be misunderstood. Hannah stood in the temple, lips moving, voice silent, heart heavy. She was pouring out anguish, disappointment, and hope all at once. And the priest— the man of God —got it wrong. Eli looked at her and assumed she was drunk (1 Samuel 1:13–14). He misread devotion as dysfunction. That mome