One Who Cares

“And Hannah answered, ‘I have poured out my soul before the LORD’.” I Sam. 1:15

Hannah was a tormented woman. She was tormented by her husband’s other wife. She was tormented by society for her barrenness. She was tormented by unrelieved sorrow and lack of self-worth. If you have ever felt miserably unhappy you can identify with Hannah. Human consolation was inadequate to deal with her sorrow. So Hannah poured out her heart to the Lord.

Even doing that she was attacked by a judgmental high priest who saw only the flesh but missed the spirit of the woman before him. We do not have such a high priest; we have a better one. Though God, He became man. Though unsullied by troubles, He bore all of ours. Though being in the flesh, He still saw and sees things in the spirit. He knows all our needs, our trials, our sorrows and He will misjudge none of them. With love and compassion He will meet us and hear the outpouring of our souls and give us rest, hope, and peace.

Dear Father, Thank You for our High Priest, Jesus, and His care for us. Amen.

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