WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.519 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. We 4 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:15.599 have a great episode in store for you. 5 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.719 Great, maybe one of the best ever. Yes, actually, I 6 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:20.000 don't know. 7 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:20.719 Let's shoot for. 8 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:22.399 It, okay, all right, we're gonna give it our best, 9 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.600 as opposed to just mailing it in like we've been doing lately. Yea, 10 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.519 all right, we're gonna do our best. 11 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:29.239 Have somebody come up to you right before you preach 12 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.120 and they go, hey, listen, my neighbor's here today, so 13 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:32.960 you know, just you know, be good. 14 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:35.880 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, do your best today, 15 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:37.399 do your best? Oh good idea? 16 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.759 Yeah, good idea. I always say, I always say, oh 17 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:42.240 my gosh, I'm so glad you said that. You know what, 18 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.039 I was actually going to shoot for mediocrity, and now 19 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:46.479 that you said that, I'm going to go ahead and 20 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:47.679 actually try really hard. 21 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:50.240 I'll tell people sometimes they'll say, hey, I've got a 22 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.479 guest here, so do you know, do your very best 23 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.359 or whatever, and be like, oh, I should go look 24 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:55.759 over the message. You see what it is I'm talking 25 00:00:55.759 --> 00:01:01.560 about today. Oh, I'll go I should have prepared, man, 26 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.560 I should have prepared this week. I knew, I knew 27 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:04.760 I should have been ready. 28 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.239 Okay, Well, anyways, you should always assume that anybody on 29 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:10.959 a public stage, in any setting is trying their best. 30 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:14.120 Yes, well, so in this situation, if you are, if 31 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.400 you're new to our podcast politics, yes, that's exactly if 32 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.519 you're new to our podcast. Chris and I are we 33 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:24.680 both pastor at the same church, Yes, and in outside 34 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.439 of Detroit, Michigan, Sterling Heights, and we just are a 35 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.040 couple of guys who like to talk about the Bible 36 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:32.280 in fun a practical ways. That's what it's said literally 37 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.079 in the role in that. But what we don't do. 38 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:36.840 We always know what the passage is, but what we 39 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.319 don't do is come in with a whole bunch of 40 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.400 study notes and work it out. We're just literally talking 41 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.120 about the words that are on the page, right, and 42 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.439 so the whole thing really we're ad libbing. And yeah, 43 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:49.280 so if you listen very long, you'll figure that out. 44 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.840 Yeah, it's it's not hard to figure out. It's not hard. Hey, 45 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:54.480 So we're going to start out with a segment that 46 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.079 desiree is calling dad joke competition, which is one of 47 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:57.599 my favorites. 48 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.480 Yes, the last last time was rough. It was really 49 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.159 those those dad jokes were It's probably. 50 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:04.680 The worst batch. 51 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:06.599 Yes, we've ever had. This might be better. 52 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:08.719 Yeah, I like the first one already. Okay for the 53 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:12.479 first one. Yes, scientists get bored after watching the Earth 54 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:17.240 turn after twenty four hours, so they called it a day. 55 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:19.560 Okay, I like that one. 56 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:21.400 Oh no, God called it day okay. 57 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.400 Yeah, So I'm struggling with this one. 58 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:23.840 Yep. 59 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.439 My daughter was doing history homework and asked if I 60 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.560 knew about Galileo. 61 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:28.560 Yeah. 62 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.080 I said he was a poor boy from a poor family. 63 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:34.360 Oh that's great, So I can't poor boy from a 64 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:35.240 poor family. 65 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:43.319 There you go Bohemian rhapsody. Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, okay, 66 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:47.120 So I was okay, I was, I was roughing. I 67 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:50.439 was rough on that one. I jah though, very nice. 68 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.360 All right. Number two, did you know that milk is 69 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.000 the fastest liquid in the universe. No, before you see it, 70 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.319 it's already pasteurized. 71 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:03.080 Oh no, nope, it's not even getting a smile. Come on, 72 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:09.599 I'm not even I'm not come on, Okay. As an American, 73 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.400 it's sad to see that nothing is made in the 74 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.919 USA anymore. I just bought a new TV and it 75 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.879 says built in antenna. I don't even know where that is. 76 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.360 Built in antenna. That's funny. 77 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:21.840 I don't even know. 78 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:22.319 Where that is. 79 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:26.719 I like that one. It's a funny one. 80 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.039 All right, Here we go. I bought a new iPad 81 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:32.400 and named it the Titanic. Now, when I plug into 82 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:39.599 my laptop, it says the Titanic is sinking, sinking, sinking. 83 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.560 Two rough ones in a row, there, Chris, Yeah, that 84 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.280 was pretty rough. I visited my friend at his new house. 85 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.360 He told me to make myself at home, so I 86 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:48.960 throw him out. I hate visitors. 87 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.400 That's I love that one. 88 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.599 Let's make yourself at home. Okay, get out. I hate company. 89 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.319 That's great, that's great. 90 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:02.479 There you go, all right. 91 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.840 Number four, I was kicked out because of my Arnold 92 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.280 Schwarzenegger imperson Oh sorry, I was going to try to 93 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.719 say impersonations, but it says impression. Sorry, let me start over. 94 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.560 I was kicked out because of my Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions. 95 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:18.839 But don't worry, I'll be back. 96 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.279 Okay, that wasn't worth. They got a giggle, all right, 97 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.800 there are two words that will open a lot of 98 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.959 doors for you. Push and pull. 99 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:29.839 There you go. 100 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.920 Okay, that's kind of a grinner. Yeah that's not a Yeah. Yeah. 101 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:37.480 If I had twin daughters, I would name the first 102 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:47.079 one Kate and the second one duplicate, duplicate. 103 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.040 Okay. I got fired from my job as a taxi driver. 104 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.199 Turns out customers don't appreciate when you go the extra mile. 105 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.800 But I'm from I like that. 106 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:01.600 Yeah, that was a good one. 107 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:03.519 Yeah, go in the extra mile? 108 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:04.079 Okay? 109 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:05.920 Was that it's a biblical principle. 110 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.279 It is a biblical principle, but it shouldn't be applied 111 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:10.360 if you're a taxi driver. 112 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.519 Right, correct? Yes, correct. The guys told me. Guy told 113 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.839 me the other day he went to Vegas and uh, 114 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.079 oh was the guy I had breakfast with? Oh, he 115 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:21.560 went to Vegas and he said, yeah in the cab 116 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.319 and they said, oh no, the traffic on the strip 117 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.000 is just really, really bad. So he goes out of 118 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.480 his way and he goes all the way around and 119 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:30.199 he said it was like he looked it up later, 120 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.839 it was like three times the distance and he's like, 121 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:34.560 that'll be X amount of dollars and he goes, well, 122 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:35.920 never again in Vegas. 123 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:41.319 Yeah, there you go. Well, very exciting. And I would 124 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.800 say three out of five of mine were good ones. 125 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.399 And yeah, I would say I would say two or 126 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:48.560 three out of five were good. 127 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:49.040 Okay. 128 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:50.439 I actually likes get better. 129 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.040 It's getting better because we were afraid they were gonna 130 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.240 we were gonna have to dock, you know, yeah or something. 131 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.079 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, doctor pay. 132 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:00.000 Yeah. We can't be happy. 133 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:04.800 And from from all the dollars that we give, dozens 134 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:05.639 of dollars. 135 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:11.879 Dozens of dollars, that's great, it's terrible. No, thank you, 136 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:14.399 des that was great. All right. 137 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.399 Well, today we're launching into a brand new book, Jeff, 138 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.040 a brand new book. It's called First Samuel. 139 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.360 First Samuel, the first of two. I wonder who wrote it. 140 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.120 Let me think Samuel Samuel. 141 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:26.399 Do you think? Yeah, Yes, it's all about Samuel, the 142 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:30.680 whole book Samuel. If you were curious, so is Second Samuel. Yes, 143 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:31.639 it's about Samuel. 144 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.279 Israel has been ruled by judges at this time for 145 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:38.759 about three hundred years, and Samuel is Israel's final judge. 146 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.839 He's the last one of those judges. 147 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:41.160 Yes. 148 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.000 He grew up in the tabernacle as we're about to 149 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:47.879 read as a priest in training under thee the priest Eli, 150 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.000 and so, yeah, jump right into it. 151 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.439 So the beginning of Samuel's life is really great and 152 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.360 I think many people, many of our listeners probably will 153 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.839 resonate with this story just a little bit. So says 154 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:03.319 there was a man named Elkenah who lived in Rama, 155 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.199 in the region of zeph in the hill country of Ephraim. 156 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:07.160 That's a mouthful. 157 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.800 He was the son of Jerehomes, son of Elihu, son 158 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.399 of Tohu, son of Zeph of Ephraim. Al Canah had 159 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:17.279 two wives, Hannah and Panina. Panina had children, but Hannah 160 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.480 did not. Boy. There are a lot of words in 161 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:19.800 that one. 162 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.519 Yeah, that was a Hakaba intro. 163 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.040 Each year, al Canah would travel to Shiloh to worship 164 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:27.680 and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven's armies at the Tabernacle. 165 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.399 The priests of the Lord at that time were the 166 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.000 two sons of Eli, Hafnai and Phineas. On the days 167 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.279 of al Cana presented his sacrifice, he would give portions 168 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:39.439 of the meat to Panina and each of her children, 169 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.480 And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only 170 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:43.480 one choice portion because the Lord had not given her 171 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.879 any children. So Panina would taunt Hannah and make fun 172 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.000 of her because the Lord had kept her from having children. 173 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:52.319 Year after year it was the same. Panina would taunt 174 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.279 Hannah as they went to the tabernacle. Each time Hannah 175 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:57.519 would be reduced to tears. It would not even eat. 176 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.800 Why are you crying, Hannah? Alkena would add, why aren't 177 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.720 you eating? Why be downhearted? Just because you have no children? 178 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.399 You have me. Isn't that better than having ten sons? 179 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:08.839 I would not advise that. 180 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:10.959 No, that is not a good approach. 181 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.639 Right anyway, we'll continue on. Once after a sacrificial meal 182 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.360 at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli, 183 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.639 the priest, was sitting at his customary place beside the 184 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.040 entrance of the tabernacle. Hannah was in deep anguish, crying 185 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.720 bitterly as she prayed to the Lord, and she made 186 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:27.800 this vow, O, Lord of Heaven's armies, if you will 187 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.399 look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give 188 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.519 me a son, then I will give him back to you. 189 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:35.279 He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as 190 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.080 a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, 191 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.879 his hair will never be cut. As she was praying 192 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.960 to the Lord, Eli watched her and, seeing her lips 193 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.879 moving but hearing no sound, he thought she'd been drinking. 194 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.039 Must you come here drunk? He demanded, throw away your wine. 195 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.679 Oh no, sir, she replied, I haven't been drinking wine 196 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.639 or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I 197 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.879 was pouring out my heart to the Lord. Don't think 198 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:57.879 I'm a wicked woman, for I've been praying out of 199 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:01.960 great anguish and sorrow. In that case, Eli said, go 200 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.559 in peace. May the God of Israel grant the request 201 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.399 you have asked of him. Oh thank you, sir, she exclaimed, 202 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.320 and then she went back and began to eat again, 203 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:14.120 and she was no longer sad. The entire family got 204 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:16.200 early up early the next morning and went to worship 205 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.759 the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Rama. 206 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.679 When Alcanas slept with hand, the Lord remembered her plea, 207 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.159 and in due time she gave birth to a son. 208 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.840 She named him Samuel, for she said, I asked the 209 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:30.159 Lord for him. 210 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:34.080 So there it is so. Samuel, from the very beginning 211 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:39.080 was birthed. Even his conception happened because of a plea 212 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:44.399 of God hearing, you know, meeting somebody in their anguish. 213 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:48.519 So Samuel starts the right way from the Lord. Yeah, 214 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:50.399 I mean, I mean all children are from the Lord. 215 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.639 I was gonna say, yeah. 216 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.519 But yeah, but a very cool story. 217 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:57.639 Nonetheless, Yeah, the struggle, right, So I think there's many 218 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.919 people who struggle with, you know, not being able to 219 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.399 have children or whatever. But even before we get into 220 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.759 that part, the weird part about this story for us 221 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:10.080 and the West is that it's these two wives that are, 222 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:14.519 you know, struggling, and the closest thing we have is 223 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:19.120 the current wife and the ex wife. Right, But well 224 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.519 there's that. I don't think that's legal, but they do it, so, 225 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.879 you know, because we don't live in a polygamist society 226 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:28.960 per se. It's kind of an odd thing, but you know, 227 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:32.320 and God is not endorsing polygamy as in fact, God 228 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:36.840 God was against it, but it was a cultural thing. 229 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.000 People did it, and it was wrong. It was sinful. 230 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:43.799 And anytime you break God's laws, there's always problems. It's 231 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:48.440 always harder. It's a harder life. Remember that, That's what 232 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.639 Moses had said. You choose life or death. It's going 233 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.039 to be better or worse based on whether or not 234 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.320 you choose to obey God's laws. 235 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:56.759 A lot of people are, oh, my goodness, gracious, A 236 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.519 lot of people are confused about that because like great 237 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.120 men of God, like Solomon, right, the wisest man who 238 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.639 ever lives lived, didn't he have like nine hundred wives? 239 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:06.039 Yeah, thousand wives, yeah. 240 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:08.240 A thousand wives, nine hundred concubines or something like this. 241 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:11.720 So he So it's not that it's not that God 242 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.639 ever said that that was okay. It's just that he 243 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.000 did what culture dictated, right, and it was outside of 244 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:19.039 God allowed. 245 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.039 There's a note in a Life Application study Bible that 246 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.080 says husbands, this is about el Cana and Panina. Yeah, 247 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:28.519 it says husbands can be insensitive for many reasons, no doubt, 248 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:32.440 but often they simply suffer from ignorance, no doubt, no doubt. 249 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:35.039 This is el Cana had two wives, which doubled his 250 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:36.679 opportunities to be insensitive. 251 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:43.000 That's hilarious. That's that's really good. Yeah. 252 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:51.279 So you know this, this this marriage relationship causes so 253 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:56.600 many problems because he clearly he loves Hannah. Panina had 254 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.840 more children she was able to, and Hannah was not, 255 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.000 and so she took that as her badge of honor, 256 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.320 and she just put down another And you know, I 257 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:12.320 think sometimes even you know, Paniina is insensitivity. Sometimes we 258 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:14.399 say things we just don't realize how bad it hurts. 259 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.120 Oh, it could have been sativity. She mocked her. 260 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.919 Yeah, yeah, but it was cruel. But the mocking thing, 261 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:24.759 you know, could have been she's a funny person. She 262 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.559 could have had a good sense of humor and she's 263 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.519 just talking fun talk about no, no, no no. What 264 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.840 I'm saying is there's lots of ways to hurt people 265 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.320 with our words. It could have been she was just 266 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.279 being silly, but it hurt Hannah deeply. It could have 267 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:43.399 been that she was being mean and it hurt Hannah deeply. 268 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.240 And I think that we can do the same thing. 269 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.759 I tend to not be a mean person, but I 270 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:49.720 tend to be a silly person who hurts people a 271 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.799 lot with my words. So that that's where I was 272 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.360 going with that, is it could have been we can 273 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:58.159 hurt people without trying to hurt people. So whether whether 274 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.799 Panina was trying to hurt her or whether just the mocking, 275 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:06.559 the teasing, it could have been. Man, you know, it 276 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:08.480 was really easy for you to go to the tabernacle today. 277 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.720 You didn't have to get up and pack four diaper bags. Right. 278 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:13.639 It could have been just a jab. It could have 279 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.399 been a goofy thing. And then when you go, oh, 280 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.080 that was really me saying, Oh, I didn't mean for 281 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.679 it to be mean. But a lot of times you 282 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.799 just don't realize how bad it hurts other people. 283 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:25.440 I do understand what you're saying, right, and the application 284 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.200 certainly is there. Yeah, but I'm gonna go on record 285 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:32.200 and say the Bible says she would taunt hand and 286 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.960 make fun of her because. 287 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.440 She had no children, because the Lord had kept her 288 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.879 from having children. Yeah, So I'm not saying that that's 289 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.360 what she was doing. I'm saying you can hurt people 290 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.240 with your words even when you don't intend to. 291 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.720 Yeah. And I'll tell you what. That's the the whole 292 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:53.679 adage that the word sarcasm. Remember what it means, the 293 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:56.559 word sarcasm, what it means. The word literally means to 294 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.960 tear the flesh. 295 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.240 That's what it means, which is the humor. By the way, right, 296 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.200 this is tearing flesh. 297 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.799 So to rip the flesh is to is to hurt 298 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.240 somebody or to wound somebody, and uh, And sarcasm is 299 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.679 something that you know, we like to say, oh, just kidding, Okay, 300 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:17.559 it's it's not funny unless it's. 301 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.519 True, right, So it's it's funny. 302 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:21.200 I like. 303 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:25.320 I like sarcasm. You do too. Sarcasm is fun, but 304 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:27.759 sometimes we go too far with it. I don't think 305 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:29.960 that was the situation here, But what I am saying 306 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.559 is the sensitivities of other people. She may have been 307 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:38.039 digging a little and not realizing how deep the wound was. Right, 308 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:41.120 It's possible even then when you're being mean. You just 309 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.000 sometimes we just don't realize. And so even in today's 310 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:48.080 society now, I mean, we see children taking their own 311 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.159 lives over things that people said online. Right, It's just 312 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:55.240 it's a shocking world that we live in now, where 313 00:14:55.320 --> 00:15:00.000 words are so can be deadly. And so in this situation, 314 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:04.440 and here she is, she's just broken hearted. She has 315 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:08.679 nowhere to go, she's fasting, she won't eat, and so 316 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:14.440 she's praying, and el Cana goes, honey, you know, sure, 317 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.399 Panana has lots of children, but you've got me. 318 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.279 Right, right, And of course he doesn't care because he 319 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:26.399 has much children. Yeah, right, So what a what a 320 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.200 pig headed gun. 321 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:30.559 Aren't I all that you need? 322 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:36.000 Are I better than ten sons? That's terrible. Let me 323 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:38.240 let me say this to uh, to the to the 324 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:44.120 people listening who struggle with infertility. UH, it is a 325 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:49.799 just a you know. I remember when I became a 326 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:53.320 singles director and I got hired at a church and 327 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.039 I was with single adults who have never been married, 328 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.759 and I was talking about the pain that they were feeling. 329 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.600 And as I was trying to relate to them, one 330 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:05.759 of them, I remember, looked at me and said, hey, 331 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:08.120 let me ask you a question. And I said, and 332 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:10.639 I said yeah, And she goes, have you ever broken 333 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.600 your arm? And I said no, And she goes, then, 334 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.679 don't even pretend to know what it feels like to 335 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.840 break your arm to somebody else who has a broken arm. 336 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:24.480 She goes, just admit that you have no idea. And 337 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:28.679 I was like, oh, and and then I realized right 338 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:30.919 then and there, I was like, because I was pretty young, 339 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.559 I was in my young thirties, I remember thinking to myself, 340 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.879 that's a that's a really good lesson, right to not 341 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.600 even pretend to understand what those kinds, you know, the 342 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.440 pain of somebody who wants to be married. You know, 343 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:46.159 in this case, she was like a four year old 344 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.960 woman who her whole life were only desired to be married, 345 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.279 and she's not married, right. So that kind of pain, 346 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.159 the kind of pain that a that a that a 347 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.759 couple may feel when they're trying to have children to 348 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:02.759 somebody who has children, right. So I just think there's 349 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.920 wisdom in saying if if you're that person, then find 350 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:11.680 somebody around you who has gone through the same struggle. 351 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:17.119 I would say all humans have experienced pain that others 352 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.319 can't comprehend. 353 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:19.640 I agree with that. 354 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:25.160 So a mature way to respond might be to say, 355 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:28.920 I don't entirely understand your pain, but I do no pain. 356 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.240 I've had pain I maybe can't talk about, yeah, right. 357 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.400 And and I think that if you are feeling, if 358 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:37.759 you're like that woman who says, don't even pretend like 359 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:43.200 you understand my pain, you understand pain, right right, So 360 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:46.279 maybe for her, like, if you are going through pain, 361 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:49.359 don't be resentful for somebody who's trying to connect with you. 362 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:51.440 Right right. 363 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.839 So that's a bitter bit. 364 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.039 I was a fault, yeah, probably so, but I was 365 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.519 at fault. 366 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.839 But we can give permission to people to say to 367 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.920 try to make a connection. Go If they're being dismissive, 368 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:05.960 that's one thing, right, But yeah, if they're trying to say, 369 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:09.680 if you're trying to say, hey, I get it pain, 370 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.200 you know I I've had a lot of pain in 371 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:17.640 my life, a lot of pain in my life, and 372 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.519 so I every once in a while you'll be dismissed 373 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:24.119 because what you're trying to do is empathize and somebody 374 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.279 else goes you have no idea what you're talking about. 375 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:29.279 And in my mind, there's a touch of narcissism in 376 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:33.000 that moment when when the other person refuses to allow 377 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.160 you to empathize right at all? That there's right, So 378 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.039 there's there's brokenness on both sides. That pain causes us 379 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:41.119 to do really weird things, and we're not always at 380 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:43.279 our best when we're in the middle of pain, right Well, 381 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.000 Hurt people hurt people, that's right. Hurt people hurt people, 382 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:48.480 and so so we just have to understand that that. 383 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.079 I think one of the best notes I've ever read 384 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:53.599 in the Life Application Study Bible is right here in 385 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:56.839 this story. What I'm not joking, Listen to this, It 386 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.079 said in the one for verse ten says hand, and 387 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.160 I had good reason to feel discouraged and bitter. She 388 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.000 was unable to bear children, she shared her husband with 389 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:08.960 a woman who ridiculed her, Her loving husband could not 390 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:12.519 solve her problem, and even the High priest misunderstood her motives. 391 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:16.559 But instead of retaliating or giving up hope, Hannah prayed. 392 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.160 She brought a problem honestly before the Lord. Each of 393 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:24.160 us may face times of barrenness without when nothing comes 394 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:27.039 to birth in our work, our service, or our relationships. 395 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.160 It's difficult to pray in faith when we feel so ineffective. 396 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:32.839 But as Hannah discovered, prayer opens the way for God 397 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:37.880 to work. What a great note. She had every reason 398 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.279 in the world to be bitter, every reason in the 399 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:43.200 world to be angry, every reason in the world to 400 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:46.960 just give up and quit. And instead of those things, 401 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:49.759