Hannah: Surrendering When God Is Silent
Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1 – 2:11 The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. 1 Samuel 2: 7,8a (NIV) For thirty years my parents served as missionaries in Nigeria where they raised five children. When I turned six, I started attending boarding school, only returning home for summer and Christmas vacations. I frequently felt homesick, lonely, and scared. While the other kids played, joked,…