The Quiet Battles
Finding Faithfulness in the Waiting: Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Psalm 27:14) Waiting on the Lord is not passive, but an active, hopeful stance that brings spiritual strength . There are battles that no one sees. Struggles that carry no visible scars. Prayers whispered in the stillness of the night when everyone else has gone to sleep. These are the quiet battles—the ones fought in doctors' offices, in empty nurseries, in marriages strained by unmet expectations, in the silence of wondering if God still sees you. Dear Prudent Woman, If you're in a quiet battle today, I want you to know: The Lord is also in the quiet battles. When the Taunting Won't Stop Hannah's story in 1 Samuel 1 is a mirror for so many of us. Year after year, she went to the house of the Lord carrying the weight of her barrenness. And year after year, Peninah—her husband's other wife—taunted her relentlessly. The Bible says Peninah "p...