1 Sam 1:1-20. During the dark days of The Judges, Hannah prayed for a son. God had shut up her whom, to work in her life, to bring her to a place of prayer, brokenness and faith. The answer to her prayer was to be an answer for the nation. Her son was to be Samuel, a man for the hour. We may not understand why God may seem to not answer us, but He is working, He is faithful and He will answer in His way and His time.