Lip Service?
I was reading in 1 Samuel about Hannah and how she dedicated Samuel to the Lord and left him at the temple with Eli. Now Hannah didn't have lots of children at the time. As a matter of fact she prayed and cried out to the Lord for a son when she was finally blessed with Samuel. Her only son that she loved so much. She gave him completely to the Lord. 1 Samuel 2:20-21 New Living Translation (NLT) 20 Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the Lord.[e]” 21 And the Lord gave Hannah three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord. She gave up to the Lord what He had given her! How many of us are willing to give up the things most precious to us? To give back and dedicate to the Lord what HE gave us? Today when we dedicate our children to the Lord we promise to raise them up in the ways of the Lord....