Hope found Hannah in a time of despair. God granted her a son. She responded by dedicating him to the Lord. Our only hope in this life and the next, is to be dedicated to the Lord.
1 Samuel is set during the time of the judges, when "There was no king in Israel; The problem was not that there was no king on a throne in a palace. The problem for them, and fir us today, is living life without the King of Kings enthroned on our hearts.