Day 48- Hannah prays.. God hears her cries

Meal 1- MF choc chip pancake, sf syrup
snack- 2 oz nuts
Meal 2-  Greek Salad, 1 tbs Caesar dressing, 6 oz grilled chicken
Meal 3- MF banana shake 1 tbs FF coolwhip
Meal 4- MF Chocolate shake with 1 TBS PB2

Water and Raspberry Hot Tea

Waiting... Waiting... Waiting... for my Medifast Shipment of new food!  :) 

I still have tons of Shakes and Soups. :)   But I am missing the chocolate chip cookies and brownies.
I pretty much ordered Bars, Choc cookies and Brownies!  I have enough shakes and soups to even it all out.   What  a diet!

After church we went out to lunch with another couple and their kids.  3 hours later we were full of food and full of friendship.  Literally the 3 hours flew by which is why I know I like them a lot. :) Their children are edible.  :)  Beautiful blessings.  Last year, their 4 year old girl, asked me if I was a mommy.  I said no, but that I hope one day God blesses us with a child.  She thought about it for a few seconds and said, "you know God can make something out of nothing!" I instantly teared up and those encouraging words have been with me ever since.  This little girl loves God.  I taught Sunday School today and she was in the class.  Her enthusiasm for learning about God is contagious.  When I would ask her questions about the bible story she would jump up and down enthusiastically shouting the answers.  Jenny- you are a good mama and your man is a good papa. 

The curriculum for Sunday school is prepared weeks ahead of time.  and guess what the Bible lesson was about today?   Hannah, from the book of 1 Samuel.   Hannah was barren... the Bible says that God had closed her womb.   She was emotionally tortured by Pinninah who had loads of kids and she was sad.. downcast..  she cried out to the Lord and He heard her cry and gave her a son.  and of course this would be the week that I was to teach, right?  coincidence? I don't think so.  I know the Lord wants me to face my pain instead of burying it.. or dwelling on it so as to become bitter.

¹⁰ In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. ¹¹ And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”
¹² As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. ¹³ Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk ¹⁴ and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”
¹⁵ “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. ¹⁶ Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”
¹⁷ Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”
¹⁸ She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.
¹⁹ Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. ²⁰ So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,^[b] saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

God is good and He CAN make something out of nothing.  #forward