I Samuel 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young. 25 Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. 28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”
The book of I Samuel comes like a breath of fresh air after all the immorality, self-centeredness and violence of Judges. One feels like he has been walking through mud for a few hundred years, but now is standing in the warmth and dry of the morning sun. Here who is finally someone who gets it, who is not out to get everything she can for herself, but to be a part of God's plan. She fully trusts in God and wants Him to be glorified. May we be such a contribution to our families, our people, our world. May we be a breath of fresh air in a dark and dirty world.
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