I’m sure many, if not all of us, can agree that not everything God tells us to do makes sense. This season, I feel like I’ve experienced that more than ever before. There are things that I had to walk away from, lay down, or even walk into that just didn’t make sense, so naturally, I was hesitant to do them.

Hannah received Samuel, Israel’s first prophet whose words never fell to the ground. Leah gave birth to Judah, whose lineage led to the world’s Savior. Neither outcome was random; it was the result of a sacred transaction.