It's always interesting to me how I gain additional perspective w/ maturity. Perfect example can be found in 1 Samuel 1. (1 & 2, I guess). I've known the passage since childhood, and I got what Hannah was talking about, yada yada yada. But I never appreciated the follow-through. What are the chances that I would let one of my kids be raised by an emotionally insensitive judge and his two punk sons? Very little. None.

Yet, she still did it. And it's making me reassess myself as a parent, as well as my faith.