Cry of the Heart

"... but have poured out my soul before the LORD."  1 Sam. 1"15b

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  The words were always the same and oh, how they stung.  It was like salt being rubbed in an open wound.  She tried to push them from her mind but they kept playing over and over again, "Hannah bears no children...Hannah's womb is closed."

  All Hannah's wants and desires had been taken over by sorrow; yet, the deepest desire of her heart still remained...if only...

  Hannah found herself pouring out her heart to the Lord, just as water is poured out over the ground.  All that had been pent up inside her was coming out, as she wept tears of sorrow and spoke words that only the Lord could hear, asking Him to do this one thing that only He could do...give her a son.  

  Oh, I imagine we have all had a time in our lives that our needs or desires were so great that all we could do was "pour out our heart to the Lord."  Thomas Le Blanc says, "Pour it out as water.  Not as milk, whose color remains,.  Not as wine, whose savour remains.  Not as honey, whose taste remains.  But as water, of which, when it is poured out, nothing remains."  When we get to that place with the Father, we find ourselves being totally open and honest with Him about the needs in our life.  We allow all hindrances to be set aside and turn our heart upside down, pouring out to Him our innermost thoughts, needs, desires, expectations, emotions, and sin.  At this point, we are not holding on to anything, but giving God all that we cannot control, trusting Him to do a good work in our lives.  It is at this place that we realize that He is sovereign, in control, and there is nothing beyond His grasp.

  When we come to that point in our lives, there is such freedom at the throne of grace sharing not only with our Father, but also with our Friend.  It is then that we find ourselves becoming like Hannah, who---when she finally walked away---"was sad no more."

  I love the verse in Ps. 62:8 "Trust in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before Him.  God is a refuge for us.  Selah."  Oh, that we might experience the freedom that comes when we pour out our hearts and trust in Him as Hannah did ... because, if we do, the precious pause of worshipping and waiting on Him becomes evident in our lives.  He's waiting on you and the cry of your heart.

  Oh, how He loves you.