2 Kings 15:32-16:20; Jeremiah 50:21-46; Titus 2:9-3:15
The child was young. 1 Samuel 1:24
How was little Samuel going to manage when left in the care of a weak priest like Eli and the company of his wicked sons, Hophni and Phinehas? Was it inevitable that his innocence would be scarred, and his spiritual development marred by all of the evil around him? Significantly, his godly mother was a woman of prayer and faith. Hannah would have continued praying for her son each day and so, “The child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men” (1 Sam. 2:26). Parents, when your children must venture out into a dark and sinful world, keep praying for them and keep trusting God. —Clark Logan
Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so,
Little ones to Him belong; they are weak, but He is strong. —Anna Bartlett Warner