I too often get a picture of Scrooge in my head when I read in 1 Samuel about the Ebenezer.

One of my favorite hymns is “Come Thou Fount” and it refers to the Ebenezer:

Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I come
And I hope by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home

Jesus, sought me when a stranger
Wondering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
Ebenezer was the stone of help.

It was a rock they used to memorialize the help of the Lord.

We can all have our “Ebenezer” and it doesn’t have to mean “Scrooge!”