The cries of Hannah—"don't forget about me"—are fulfilled in the cries of the cross, where Jesus asked His father why He'd forsaken Him. And because Jesus tasted that pain for us, we can know, even in our worst pain, that we are not abandoned.
Hannah is more in awe of what God has given her than she is sad to give it up.
Samuel spent his days being taught, not by pop culture, but by older, godly people. He made the best use of time by learning good things from these people—things that lasted more than a few seconds or minutes.
As we think about our participation in the life of the church, do we think like priests in a holy temple whose priority is offering God acceptable worship, or do we think like consumers in a buffet line, coming in with the big fork to take the best for ourselves and leave the rest behind?
When we encounter something in the Bible, whether we're reading it or hearing it being faithfully preached, and we don't like what we hear for one reason or another, how do we respond?
How does a faithful parent love their sinning children? Or, more broadly, how does a faithful Christian love a sinning family member? That is a question that we've been asked…