Reflections on 1 Samuel

Having just read the first chapter of the Biblical book, Samuel, I am reminded of how God is ever present in all things.

To give some backstory for those unfamiliar with the narrative, Samuel was the last of the judges born from a woman who was previously barren up until the point she pleaded to God in anguish to be given the gift of child.

The Bible (NASB version), stated later that night, Hannah’s husband, so prudently phrased, had “relations” with her. Can you imagine the anticipation of Hannah? Was she, whilst in the loving grasps of her husband, silently uttering ‘could this be it?’ ‘Is this the time when I shall conceive and have my miracle?’ Regardless of what she was thinking, God worked a miracle in her and she conceived the child who would come to be named Samuel.

Reader, I am reminded of the ever presence of God in this story because even whilst in the throes of making love God is there. The Bible says whilst Hannah and her husband were intimate, God “remembered her”. The poignancy of this simple phrase speaks volumes which trembles my soul. That we might come to know a God, so mighty, so great, and yet so caring to “remember [us]“  is utterly mind blowing.

And thus, I am reminded that God is present; when I do my dirt or do my goodness and righteousness (which is always insufficient); in short, in every moment of my waking and sleeping life.

Adieu!

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