517: When God Feels Silent
Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs
Karen Stubbs
4.9 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re continuing our Mothers of the Bible series by looking at Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel. Hannah was a woman who longed for a child and wrestled with seasons of waiting and disappointment. Listen as Karen teaches through this story, reminding us that God invites us to trust Him, even when our prayers feel unanswered. If you’ve ever waited on God for something close to your heart, we hope you are encouraged to persevere today.
Episode Recap:
- This week we’re looking at Hannah’s story (0:43)
- Don’t miss the BOAW birthday party after the Soar Conference this year! (2:30)
- Hannah is where, “...for this child I have prayed.” comes from (5:00)
- Hannah had dealt with infertility for years (7:00)
- Your pain may be different from Hannah’s but we can learn from her response (11:03)
- Hannah and Jochebed both had hearts that were surrendered to the Lord (12:40)
- Hannah recognized that it was the Lord who made her strong (16:00)
- Like sheep, we need to follow first (17:28)
- We must continually remind ourselves that God is good (19:06)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:1-2 (NIV)
“Then Hannah prayed and said:
“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
in the Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
for I delight in your deliverance.
“There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.”
Discussion Questions:
- What is something in your life that feels like a “waiting season” right now?
- How do you typically respond when God doesn’t answer a prayer in your timing?
- What would it look like to surrender that situation fully to God, like Hannah did?
- Where are you tempted to compare your life to others, and how is that affecting your heart?
- How can you remind yourself daily that “God is good” even when life feels hard?
- Practically speaking, what does it look like for you to let God be your strength instead of trying to do it all yourself?
Resources:
- Register for the SOAR Conference today.
- Become a WT+ Insider today! boaw.mom/insider
- Pick up Karen’s Prayer Journal in the BOAW Store
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wire Talk. This month we are diving into Mothers of the Bible, and last week we talked about Jacobed, Moses's mom, and this week we're going to be talking about Hannah and her story of having Samuel. |
| 0:13.0 | So if you have not listened to last week, go back and take a listen, but today let's jump in and talk about Hannah. |
| 0:19.4 | Y'all come join us. |
| 0:23.9 | Hey, everybody, and welcome to WIRE Talk. |
| 0:26.1 | We are so glad you found us, whether you are a longtime listener or first time listener, welcome to WIRE talk, where we are going to be chatting about all the different mothers of the Bible. |
| 0:36.6 | Last week we talked about Jacobed. Jacobed. Jocobud. It's still kind of a weird name for me to say. And this week we're going to be focusing on Hannah. She really does have a beautiful story. And I know that I can resonate with her story. And I just can't, I think it's going to hit a lot of moms and a lot of different seasons this episode. Yeah, I'm excited. |
| 0:54.7 | This is a sweet story for sure. But before we jump in, if you are a YouTube listener, you'll need to go look and see how cute mom's outfit is. Oh, goodness. Mom, you look so cute. I went shopping the other day, and I had so much fun. Did you go shopping with Abby? I did. And the thing I love about Abby and shopping with her is you're my green. So whenever you and I go shopping, everything I try on, you're like, oh, I love, I love, but Abby's like, no, no, don't do that. That doesn't look, that's not right. Even if it's okay, she's just like, no. It's not worth it. But then whenever she said, that's a yes, I'm like, okay, this is a yes. This is an all yes, all caps, exclamation point. I know. And this is one of my favorite stores, Anthropology. Yeah. But I can't always wear everything in anthropology because first off, I'm on the older side. Secondly, I'm 5'2, and they make it for six feet tall women. Well, that shirt fits you really well. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. I know it's probably supposed to be like a shorter shirt, like midrift. Probably not mid-drift. But anyway, it's just shorter, cropped. But I'm so short. It's perfect. Well, good. |
| 2:07.3 | Well, if you are a first-time listener of Wire Talk, there's some things going on that you probably need to know about. |
| 2:10.0 | One, there are two parts to this podcast. |
| 2:12.6 | There's Wire Talk for everybody, and it's absolutely free. |
| 2:17.4 | But then we also have Wire Talk Plus, which is an extended, like like version. We just sort of talk deeper, get |
| 2:19.6 | into more personal stores. You know, it's like the tea at the end of a girls brunch. You know what I |
| 2:26.7 | hope they know what that means. I'm sure they do. And then also we've got SOAR coming up and that |
| 2:31.7 | is going to be September 12th and that is an all-day conference |
| 2:34.8 | for you moms and it's going to be an amazing experience so make sure to check out those registration |
| 2:40.3 | details and that's on the website or on the app yeah it's also our 15 year birthday slash anniversary |
| 2:47.5 | whichever one you want to call it I let's call birthday so after SOAR we're we're doing an afterbash party. I know. I'm so excited. It's going to be so much fun. And there's really not a program or an agenda to that, except just we're all going to gather on the lawn. There's going to be food trucks out there for people to grab and just sit around blankets or lawn chairs and just talk and I get to walk around |
| 3:08.6 | and talk to everybody. |
| 3:10.1 | I'm just so excited because, and all of my girls and Taylor's going to be there. He's going to be the DJ. Oh, I didn't know that. That's fun. Yeah. So I'm just really looking forward to it. I can't believe Birds on Wires 15 years old. Yes. And one of the complaints we got about SOAR last year was that... |
| 3:25.0 | I think the only complaint. |
| 3:26.0 | The only complaint, really honestly. |
| 3:27.8 | The only complaint... 15 years old. Yes. And one of the complaints we got about SOAR last year was that the only |
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