Take Your Sorrows to the Lord

In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.

1 Samuel 1:10

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Hannah lived in a culture that measured a woman's worth by the number of her children, and Hannah had no children. To make matters worse, Hannah’s husband had two wives. His other wife had many children, and she used this fact to humiliate and torture Hannah until Hannah was so upset she “wept and would not eat.” (1 Samuel 1:7)

Hannah could have taken her sorrows to the local bar to try and drink her problems away, but she didn’t do that. ‌‌Hannah could have even taken her sorrows to her husband. She could have tried to turn his heart against his other wife to get revenge. But Hannah didn’t do that either. Hannah took her sorrows to the Lord. In her distress, in her pain, in her anguish, Hannah went up to the tabernacle to pray. 

‌‌Where do you take your sorrows, your anguish, your bitterness of soul? If you turn to alcohol it won’t help you, nor will turning to drugs. They only pour gasoline on the fire. Trying to get revenge only turns you into what you hate.

‌‌Have you tried turning to God in prayer? Have you tried taking your sorrows to the Lord? That’s the example of not only Hannah but of so many heroes of the faith. Even Jesus did this on the night of his crucifixion. In His anguish, He went to the Garden of Gethsemane and He prayed.

‌‌Take your sorrows to God in prayer. He alone truly knows your pain. He alone can help you. So, when you are hurting, when you are suffering, when you are in pain, take it to the Lord in prayer.