Hannah, mother of faith

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So now I give him to the LORD.

For his whole life he will be given

over to the LORD." And

he worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samel 1:27,28

Samuel was the last faithful

judge of the patriarch age who

anointed David the founding king

of Israel and first King Saul.

His mother Hannah is famous.

She did not finish her life

with great anguish and grief

and her husband’s second wife’s

provocation because she did not

have a child.

She believed in Good God.

In the house of the Lord

she prayed God earnestly for

a son whom she promised to give

him to God to serve whole life.

In the house of the Lord

the judge Eli blessed her

God to grant her prayer; and

she believed it.

She nurtured her son Samuel

to engrave his heart to live up

to her promise.

It could be around 5 years old

soon after his weaning she took

him to the house of the Lord

and dedicated him.

God gave her 5 more children

whom she even did not ask.

Our God is such a God.

Samuel served the Lord faithfully

all his life, he prepared to found

the elect Israel nation through whom

our Lord Savior Jesus to come.

Only sadness is his sons were not

following the steps of their father

but influenced by Eli’s sons

who were scoundrels.

Children who live in an evil

spiritual environment such as

today’s parents must nurture

their children in person.

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May is called queen of season,

month of love.

In May are children’s day whom Jesus loved

especially, parents day, couple’s day, family day,

missing children’s day and labor day in Korea.

All these are for people.

The love of God who admires people so much

that he blesses all of them with natural blessings

and he so desires them to love each other,

be happy and prosperous.

God’s love is like blowing the silky May wind.

Love gives us joy, strength and awakens all

my dream and potential. God loves me so.

What is love?