10 And shee was in bitternesse of soule, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.
Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time.
This caught my attention.
She was laying out before God all the battles she had faced with Peninnah.
And I honestly believe that during this prayer, Hannah forgave Peninnah.
The Bible doesn't say it directly,
but everything indicates that this was the case.
Why?
Because if she had bitterness in her heart,
if she was holding a grudge,
if her heart was still heavy with pain -
it wouldn't have flowed.
12 And it came to passe as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, shee spake in her heart; onely her lippes mooued, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had beene drunken.
Eli began to pay attention to her. He noticed that she had been there for a long time, and that her lips were moving, but no sound was coming out.
10 And shee was in bitternesse of soule, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.
Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time.
This caught my attention.
She was laying out before God all the battles she had faced with Peninnah.
And I honestly believe that during this prayer, Hannah forgave Peninnah.
The Bible doesn't say it directly,
but everything indicates that this was the case.
Why?
Because if she had bitterness in her heart,
if she was holding a grudge,
if her heart was still heavy with pain -
it wouldn't have flowed.
12 And it came to passe as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, shee spake in her heart; onely her lippes mooued, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had beene drunken.
Eli began to pay attention to her. He noticed that she had been there for a long time, and that her lips were moving, but no sound was coming out.
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