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Are we weak or are we strong? The Lord uses the lives of the four women in this issue to teach us some lessons about how to be strong when we are weak. We do well to listen and to learn. Hannah was weak and she knew it. She turned to the Lord, and, in His strength, she was greatly blessed. The lives of Michal, Abigail and Bathsheba were intertwined with the life of David. While at times he failed, especially with Bathsheba, yet we can learn from his life as a type of Christ in the time of His rejection. Did they cling to him or did they turn from him to find their strength in others? Consider these scriptures as you think about their lives and yours: “Let the weak say, I am strong” (Joel 3:1010Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. (Joel 3:10)). “He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:99And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)). “A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I will love thee, O Lord, my strength” (Psa. 18:11<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,>> I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. (Psalm 18:1)). “I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength” (Isa. 12:22Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. (Isaiah 12:2)). And, finally, from the lips of the perfect man: “Be not Thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste Thee to help me” (Psa. 22:1919But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me. (Psalm 22:19)).