Today, I am identifying with Hannah and Ruth, two faithful women from the Old Testament.

Hannah pops out of obscurity long enough for us to see her tenacious faithfulness.  Then she fades into the obscurity of history again.  You can read her story in 1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2. 

Hannah is faithful to God even when no one else in her family is.  Her faithless husband loves her but doesn’t trust God to provide children so he marries another woman.  The second wife . . .