Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Hannah’s Prayer – v2

She wept in prayer, to God
for the missing joy, the unmet promise,
the longing she had within her,
the ridicule she faced, too much to bear
for the Lord had closed her womb,
and the one he didn’t love, bore him heirs
She prayed for that gift, for the joy
of bearing a son, for him, for her
a son who would be set apart,
belonging to God all the days of his life

A son she bore, and he would be the one
the one chosen by God, chosen to be the
anointer of the kings, the ones who would
rule the chosen people, setting the course
for the people, under human masters
as they pled for, asking for a king.
A monarchy, not a theocracy, would come
from the hand of the son she asked for
the son asked for of God, Samuel
the one who would anoint their kings


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edited June 25, 2014
Hannah’s Prayer – v2
November 19, 2006 21:24
Hannah’s Prayer
1 Samuel 1:4-20

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