In a dark season when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes,” God begins a fresh work through a very imperfect family. Elkanah loves the Lord and faithfully worships in Shiloh, yet he’s conformed to the culture by taking two wives, creating deep pain and rivalry in his home. Hannah is barren, mocked by her rival, misunderstood by her husband, and feeling like she’s on an island—yet instead of numbing her pain with distractions or compromise, she takes her bitterness of soul straight to the Lord. In the place of deep anguish and wordless tears, God is not torturing her; He is preparing her, patiently aligning her desires with His own.
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