As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk and said to her, "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine."
"Not so, my lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief."
Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him."
Hannah wasn’t doing anything all that odd, especially seeing as she was in the temple of God, and yet, Eli, someone who should have known better, thought she was drunk. Have you ever been praying so fervently that someone thought you were drunk? Have you ever been worshipping in such a way that people stared? Well, why not?
I think on some level, we’re all a little afraid to look weird. We’re all avoiding the fanatic freak tag. But God has called us to more, and maybe we need to be more like Hannah. Maybe we need to be more willing to look different. To sound different. To be different.
If I’m going to follow God, I’m going to be weird and I think that’s okay.
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