Israel lamented for twenty years—not in despair, but in honest grief still oriented toward God. And when they finally turned with their whole hearts, Samuel picked up a stone and named it Ebenezer: stone of help. The sentence he spoke over it was careful and true: Thus far the LORD has helped us. Not the road is over. Not we have arrived. Just: this far. He brought us this far. The companion written study for this episode is available free at https://bibleforthebroken.org/p/day-223ebenezer. You can explore the full library of studies and resources at BiblefortheBroken.org.