God Hears 

She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him."  1 Samuel 1:20
 
Samuel means, literally, 'God Hears'. 

Peninnah taunted Hannah in her distress ...
    Elkanah couldn't comprehend the extent of her pain in being barren ...
        Eli lacked priestly discernment and mistook her actions ...

            But God heard her.

Ultimately it is only God who stands with us in our pain. 
Others may come close and lovingly empathise, but only God truly knows.

Such a child should be held close and cosseted in loving care by its mother but not so Samuel.
'I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always'. 1 Sam 1:22


Hannah, at great cost to herself, fulfils her vows to the Lord and releases Samuel into the divine will. 
'A boy wearing a linen ephod'.  1 Sam 1:18

Samuel will become a mighty priest and prophet in Israel because of Hannah's action.
 
Never forget, in your time of greatest need ….

God Hears You