"Self-Concerned No More"

 What was the effect on Hannah of opening her heart to Jehovah and worshipping him that at this tabernacle? The account reads: "The woman proceeded to go on her way to eat, and her face became self-concerned no more." (1 Samuel 1:18) The Jerusalem Bible here reads: "Her countenance was no more sad." Hannah felt relieved. She had, in a sense, transferred the weight of her emotional burden to shoulders infinitely broader and stronger than her ow, those of her heavenly Father. (Read Psalm 55:22) Is any problem too heavy for him? No-not then, not now, not ever!

When we feel loaded down, overwhelmed, or overcome with sadness, we do well to follow Hannah's example and speak only to the One whom the Bible calls the "Hearer of prayer." (Psalm 65:2) If we do so in faith, we too may find our sadness is replaced by "the peace of God that excels all thought." - PHILIPPIANS 4:6, 7.

Next time: "There Is No Rock Like Our God"

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